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.
Published Aug 10, 2011
The dense smoke shown in this image may be the greatest risk posed by the ightning-ignited Lateral West fire burning in southern Virginia’s Great Dismal Swamp.
Published Aug 9, 2011
This image from June 9, 2011, shows Arizona’s Wallow Fire in the White Mountains near the border with New Mexico.
Published Jun 10, 2011
A wildfire in Fresno County, California has burned more than 28,000 acres.
Published Jul 20, 2020
The blaze is the largest in Arizona this year and the largest in the United States right now.
Published Jun 16, 2020Image of the Day Heat Land Fires Human Presence Remote Sensing
A smoldering fire that burned through soil underground and up hollow palm trunks left this distinctive burn scar along the Peruaçu River.
Published Sep 5, 2017
The eastern part of the fire was active overnight, expanding the burned area to 76,000 acres.
Published Oct 30, 2019
This pair of images shows the vast extent of the Wallow Fire, burning in eastern Arizona, on June 6, 2011.
Published Jun 6, 2011
New Mexico’s largest fire has grown in fits and starts.
Published Jun 4, 2012
Twenty days after being ignited by lightning, California’s Lion Fire continues to grow.
Published Jul 29, 2011
Fire weather clouds are one indication of the intensity of the fast-growing fire on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula.
Published May 23, 2014
Dense plumes of blue-white smoke billowed from the Sweat Farm Road Fire in southern Georgia on April 19, 2007, when the Landsat 5 satellite captured this detailed image. The fire started on April 16, when a tree fell on a power line and, fanned by strong winds, quickly exploded into a major fire.
Published May 5, 2007
Dense smoke billows from a massive wildfire—the Wallow Fire—in eastern Arizona in this photo-like image from June 4, 2011.
Published Jun 6, 2011
