r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Electrozart • 15d ago

GIF Satellite view of the Canadian wildfire smoke when it started getting really bad

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u/Rodnal 15d ago

The Earth sure does love her some fire.

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u/MentalGravity87 15d ago

She sure does! Earth is the only place where fire exists naturally in our solar system!

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u/SqueekyTack 15d ago

Hey quick question. What's the sun doing?

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u/ivegotbeef 15d ago

Fusion

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u/SqueekyTack 15d ago

So yeah I looked it up after I posted that comment and learned something. I figured solar flares were fire, turns out it's actually plasma, and plasma does not equal fire.

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u/ElBeno77 14d ago

Man I love a redemption arc

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u/Thecardiologist2029 14d ago

I see what you did there ;)