In December 2017, thick smoke streamed from several fires burning in southern California.
Published Dec 7, 2017
Hot, dry weather and fierce easterlies fanned the flames of several blazes, endangering homes and lives.
Published Oct 25, 2019
As the smoke from this fire makes clear, surface winds do not always blow in the same direction as those at higher altitudes.
Published Jul 21, 2017
California’s Lake fire spread across a part of the national forest that rarely burns.
Published Jun 23, 2015
On May 2, 2013, the MODIS instrument on the Terra satellite captured this image of wildfire burning near Los Angeles, California.
Published May 4, 2013
One of NASA’s research pilots and an astronaut took these photographs.
Published Dec 7, 2017
A smoky wildfire began burning just northeast of Los Angeles on January 16, 2014.
Published Jan 16, 2014
Fires bore down on San Fernando and Yorba Linda, California, on November 16, 2008.
Published Nov 18, 2008
