Seeing A Fire From 150 Miles Away

Early this evening between classes I posted the following commentary/observation on my Facebook wall:

"I'm currently sitting in front of the Cuesta College NCC library in utter awe as I behold the mammoth pyrocumulus cloud complex atop the convection columns of the various flanks of the exploding Rim Fire in Tuolumne Co. on the Stanislaus NF west of Yosemite NP 150 miles north of my location over the horizon."