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I'm really surprised how polluted some parts of the USA are, like North Dakota. I would have figured there'd not be much there.

I was surprised by North Dakota as well. I believe that bright spot corresponds to oil fields.

Apparently it's due to fracking. Here's an article I found about it: https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2013/01/16/169511949/a...