Fire charred forests along the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in July 2016.
Atmosphere Fires
This image from June 9, 2011, shows Arizona’s Wallow Fire in the White Mountains near the border with New Mexico.
Atmosphere Land Fires
Acquired June 5, 2011, this natural-color image shows thick smoke from Arizona traveling northward through Colorado.
Atmosphere Land Dust and Haze
The Slide fire ignited in Oak Creek Canyon south of Flagstaff, Arizona, late in the afternoon of May 20, 2014.
Land Fires
The Lateral West fire burning in the Great Dismal Swamp in southern Virginia blanketed the beaches of North Carolina with thick smoke on August 10, 2011.
Fires
New Mexico’s largest fire has grown in fits and starts.
In early September 2015, the Rough Fire was the largest active wildfire in California.
Smoke from the Rim Fire brought unhealthy air to Yosemite National Park and the San Joaquin Valley over the Labor Day Weekend.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Fires
Fire weather clouds are one indication of the intensity of the fast-growing fire on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula.
This pair of images shows the vast extent of the Wallow Fire, burning in eastern Arizona, on June 6, 2011.
Heat Land Fires
Image of the Day Land Fires
Smoke from the fire spread out in an interesting pattern over northern Texas.