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CANADA ABLAZE  The European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite snapped this image July 27 of wildfires near the Mackenzie River in Canada’s Northwest Territories.

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By Carolyn Gramling

- More than 2 years ago

The Arctic is on fire.