Eli5: How is the smoke from the wildfires able to travel so far without disappearing?

Question

(Might be wrong flair) Smoke from smaller campfires, house fires, etc go away after a while. Even though there is so much more smoke from the wildfires, how is it still able to travel across multiple states without going away?

Edit: Dissipate, not dissappear

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Answer 1

They dissipate, they don’t disappear. Too much smoke and it takes longer and more area to dissipate.