SEATTLE (AP) — Wildfire smoke drifting across the ocean from Siberia to the Pacific Northwest may explain why Seattle has had so many spectacular sunsets recently.

Dozens of wildfires on Russia’s east coast have burned hot enough to lift the smoke high into the air, where it gets caught in the jet stream, scientists say. It’s then carried across the ocean to the Pacific Northwest, the Seattle Times reported (http://bit.ly/Mu4uoD).

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