Photo Story: Haze smothers Northern India

A handout photo made available by NASA Earth Observatory shows a satellite image of a plume of smoke, that had been emitted a few days earlier, sweeping through Delhi and Kanpur, India, 04 November 2019 (issued 06 November 2019).

The haze had pushed levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) to hazardous levels in Delhi, according to data collected at the US Embassy, NASA reported.

Hazy skies are a common occurrence over several states in northern India in November. After crops are harvested, winds often spread a river of smoke across much of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.

Photo: EPA-EFE/NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY HANDOUT