This vegetation map reveals the impact severe drought was having on plants in Texas in April 2011.
Heat Land Life Drought
Several large wildfires send plumes of smoke streaming across Texas in this natural-color image taken on April 15, 2011.
Image of the Day Land Fires
Taken on April 10, 2011, this true-color image shows two large wildfires burning in central Texas near Lubbock.
Land Fires
This Landsat image, taken on May 2, 2011, shows all 314,444 acres burned in the Rockhouse Fire in southwestern Texas.
Land Life Fires
Burn scars dot the state of Texas in this image from April 30, 2011.
The Rock House Fire stretches in a long line around the town of Fort Davis, Texas, in this true-color image taken on April 10, 2011.
Acquired September 3, 2011, this false-color image shows the burn scar from the 101 Ranch Fire in Palo Pinto County, Texas.
Image of the Day Land Fires Human Presence
Smoke pours from widespread fires throughout Mexico and Texas in this true-color image from April 27, 2011.
Thick plumes of smoke rise from several fires burning in southeastern Texas and Louisiana in this image from March 1, 2011.
Severe drought has taken a serious toll on vegetation and farmers in Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.
Image of the Day Land Life Drought