Those are not clouds, but smoke rising up from New Mexico, in this satellite imagery from yesterday (May 17, 2022) - [VIDEO]

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[–]noshore4me 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Lower left looks like smoke, but the rest of the image appears to be clouds.

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, I agree. Lower left is New Mexico. The overlay of the state lines are barely visible. The other states have clouds. There are three major areas in this view over New Mexico that are producing smoke.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

So pretty. I love great big fires. Hope everyone is okay.

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I heard that homes have burned. The fires continue to spread and are not contained.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Shame, those poor people. Containing these fires is kinda what got us into this whole mess in the first place though. Maybe they should evacuate all the people and let nature fix itself instead of trying to contain it.

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I appreciate your concern for the people. I think droughts are causing many problems for Americans in multiple states. For New Mexico, I read they had monsoon rains which led to much vegetation growth, then the drought resumed, and the vegetation dried up and became flammable fuel for the wildfires. And at least one of the fires was deliberately started, called a "controlled burn", which is now out of control.