A river of smoke several hundred kilometers wide flowed off the southeast coast of Africa in early September 2008. The smoke was coming from hundreds, probably thousands, of fires burning in Mozambique, South Africa, and Swaziland.
Published Sep 3, 2008
A new experimental model that relies on data from NOAA and NASA satellites has proven remarkably good at simulating the behavior of wildfire smoke.
Published Nov 6, 2018
With dozens of wildfires burning in a part of Russia best known for its frigid winters, the CALIPSO satellite offered this view through the clouds and smoke.
Published Jul 30, 2014
This image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite from July 8, 2009, shows thick smoke from hundreds of fires burning in central Africa.
Published Jul 8, 2009
The height of a wildfire's smoke plume is key to understanding how far it will blow.
Published Jun 6, 2012
A ribbon of smoke connects two clusters of intense fires in central Russia in this photo-like image from August 12, 2010.
Published Aug 12, 2010
Gray-brown smoke stretches across a broad swath of western Canada in this true-color image from July 13, 2010.
Published Jul 15, 2010
