Or do you think it is one of those pesky bonfires in Washington ... The global warming horror of it all, but no it's a wildfire in North Carolina sparked by lightening. Come to think of it, we have one burning for months just down the road, also set by lightening. Finally the rains came and doused part of it, so the smoke has gone away for now.
Plumes of smoke rise from a wildfire raging in peatlands near the North Carolina coast in a June 7, 2008, satellite image.
On June 11, 2008, the blaze became the largest active wildfire in the U.S., and officials say it could burn for months unless the region gets the type of heavy rain that usually accompanies a tropical storm.
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