June 10, 2002JPEG
This view of the fires in the western United States, collected on June 10, 2002, by the Sea-Viewing Wide Field of View Sensor (SeaWiFS) shows several of the larger smoke plumes as well as a band of smoke over Nebraska and the Dakotas that appears to be getting pulled into a low pressure system centered over northern Montana.
Image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project, NASA GSFC, and ORBIMAGE
Numerous large wildfires are scorching the western United States in June. Firefighters in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico are battling several large fires, including the 100,000+ acre Hayman Fire southwest of Denver, Colorado.




Smoke from fires in tropical Mexico and Central America drifted over the U.S. Gulf States.
