Distance from Fort McMurray, Alberta, to London, United Kingdom.

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Smoke from a wildfire in western Canada traveled across the Atlantic Ocean andintoEurope over the weekend –a distance of more than 4,000 miles.

Thedangerous wildfire broke out in Fort McMurray, Alberta, on May 1 and continues to burn. At least two deaths were indirectly attributed to the inferno and more than 2,400 homes and businesses have been lost citywide.

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In the three images below, you can see how satellites sensed the aerosols associated with the smoke as winds aloft transported them from Alberta across the northern Atlantic Ocean May 20-22. The blue, green, yellow, orange and purple shadings illustrate where the aerosols were concentrated each day as they spread eastward.

The blue, green, yellow, orange and purple colors show the aerosols associated with the smoke over eastern Canada and the western north Atlantic Ocean on May 20, 2016.

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The blue, green, yellow and orange colors show the aerosols associated with the smoke on May 21, 2016.

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The smoke reached Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom by May 21.

The blue colors show the aerosols associated with the smoke on May 22, 2016.

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On May 22, it moved farther across Spain into continental Europe. In fact, the smoke ended up moving past the U.K. and over northern Europe.

Smoke from the Fort McMurray wildfire has since retreated back into Canada as firefighters continue battling this large blaze.

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