Did you spot smoke on the horizon?
No, I’m 70 miles away and the prevailing winds carry the smoke over Canada.
Ah.
There’s a spot near where I live where I can see the cooling tower of a nuclear plant that’s about 35 miles away (the Nine Mile Point plant in Scriva, NY).
The place from which I can see it is high, about six hundred feet above the surrounding territory.
What’s interesting is that from this location, I can only see the top half of the cooling tower. At a distance of 35 miles, Earth’s curvature is enough to “cut off” its bottom.
So, from a distance of 70 miles, there’s probably no way you could see the smoke from this fire, even if you climbed a tower several hundred feet high.