Smoke Finally Clears in California Allowing Polar-Orbiting Satellite to Capture First Images of Snow this Year

California, that you? Thought we lost you there for a minute…

After the worst fire season in modern history for California, much of the smoke from wildfires throughout the state has apparently cleared, allowing this polar-orbiting satellite to capture images of snow mountains. The National Weather Service wrote in a social media post yesterday:

Mostly clear skies across much of the Golden State allowed for polar-orbiting satellite to capture snow in the mountains.