Wildfires in Australia

   As most people know, there has been a recent out break of devastating brush fires that are destroying the homes of millions of animals in Australia. According to Adam Voiland, there has been activity with the clouds and smoke in Australia, that are very similar to those that occur after a volcanic eruption! The clouds that have been appearing are called Pyrocumulus clouds. These clouds require high burning temperatures, but after they have created a certain amount of condensation build up, it can cause full on thunderstorms. While it is not good that these fires are burning and destroying land, the effects of the clouds, can almost be beneficial in that they are causing rain to occur which could potentially help to put some of the fires out naturally.

Source: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/146125/explosive-fire-activity-in-australia

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