Space photos show smoke smothering a burning California

Fires at opposite ends of California have smothered the Golden State in smoke. 

Fall may be here, but rapidly-moving flames are still torching the exceptionally dry land, killing dozens of people in the state. 

Photos captured by NASA satellites gazing down at the Earth from space show smoke blanketing hundreds of miles of the stateon Friday, when northeast winds blew smoke from the deadly Camp Fire across the California. 

The fire, which has burned 113,000 acres since November 8, has become the most destructive fire in state history.    

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