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Fire Cloud with a Pileus on Top

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Fire Cloud with a Pileus on Top

NASA · September 29, 2026 · article

Fire Cloud with a Pileus on Top

Scientists captured rare observations of an ephemeral pileus cloud hovering over a smoke-infused cloud that rose above a wildfire in Montana.— NASA

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