Smoke from Amazon rainforest fires can be seen from space

Wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest are burning at a record rate, according to Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE), KWES reports.The agency said Tuesday that its satellite data showed an 84% increase in the number of fires compared to the same period last year, according to the BBC. INPE said it has detected 72,843 fires so far this year, Reuters reported. The smoke and fires also appeared in satellite images released by NASA. Smoke from wildfires in the #AmazonRainforest