Photos From Fires In The Northwest Territories Are Apocalyptic

The Northwest Territories is suffering through one of the worst summers for forest fires in decades and the photos are otherworldly.

(Credit: Laura MacNeill)

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Forest fire near Wekweeti, #NWT. Another gem from our user-generated photo gallery. http://t.co/Afh8c0gzr1 pic.twitter.com/1Rd95q0Cgt
— Sara Minogue (@CBCMinogue) July 7, 2014

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Forest fire sky. Fire burning near Pine Lake, which is near Fort Smith, #NWT. Photo credit: Trent Stokes. #CBCNorth pic.twitter.com/fz6gjI0hbA
— Loren McGinnis (@LorenMcGinnis) June 18, 2014

View from space of the large fires in the NWT and smoke drifting across Saskatchewan. http://t.co/CBRJlGViYS pic.twitter.com/TWmGBkdIgQ
— Anthony Farnell (@AnthonyFarnell) July 9, 2014

Smoke from NWT fires carried by winds is clearly visible from satellite. Heavily in #ymm pic.twitter.com/6sDnr6cuci
— Nevin deMilliano (@SwiftChaser) July 8, 2014

Jenn Wetrade (@pooh_jenni) took this amazing photo in Gameti. The realities for folks living in the NWT. #NWTFire pic.twitter.com/qe42kFsLn0
— Jacq Brasseur (@jacqbrass) July 9, 2014

(h/t Reddit)

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