Dense smoke billows from a massive wildfire—the Wallow Fire—in eastern Arizona in this photo-like image from June 4, 2011.
Atmosphere Land Fires Human Presence
This image from June 9, 2011, shows Arizona’s Wallow Fire in the White Mountains near the border with New Mexico.
Atmosphere Land Fires
The blaze is the largest in Arizona this year and the largest in the United States right now.
Image of the Day Heat Land Fires Human Presence Remote Sensing
This pair of images shows the vast extent of the Wallow Fire, burning in eastern Arizona, on June 6, 2011.
Heat Land Fires
The Slide fire ignited in Oak Creek Canyon south of Flagstaff, Arizona, late in the afternoon of May 20, 2014.
Land Fires
Measuring the height of a smoke plume is key to determining how far it might travel.
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Fires
This image shows the large Horseshoe Two wildfire burning in southeast Arizona on June 14, 2011.
The fast-moving King fire burned in Eldorado National Forest in September 2014.
A wildfire in Fresno County, California has burned more than 28,000 acres.
Acquired June 7, 2011, this natural-color image shows the Wallow Fire burning in Arizona, and smoke hovering over Kansas.
An expansive, destructive wildfire north of Los Angeles is visible from space by day and night.
Image of the Day Heat Fires Human Presence Remote Sensing
Wildfire smoke from California traveled hundreds to miles and obscured skies in central Arizona.
Atmosphere Heat Land Fires Human Presence Remote Sensing
A wildfire north of Phoenix threatened the historic mining community of Crown King.
Only 10 percent contained, Arizona’s Wallow Fire became the largest fire in the state history on June 13 when this image was taken.
Smoke from the fire spread out in an interesting pattern over northern Texas.