Natural-color images document the spread of fire across a dry and beetle-damaged landscape.
Published Jun 13, 2012
A fire west of Fort Collins had burned more than 58,000 acres on June 19, 2012.
Published Jun 19, 2012
Dry, hot conditions in Colorado helped lead to the state’s third-largest wildfire in history.
Published Jul 13, 2018
The Cameron Peak and August Complex fires have punctuated a year of natural drama in the American West.
Published Oct 21, 2020Image of the Day Heat Land Fires Human Presence Remote Sensing
Record heat helped fuel a wildfire north of Colorado Springs that destroyed more than 360 homes in June 2013.
Published Jun 14, 2013
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
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
At 369 square miles in size, the Rim Fire is the largest in the United States in 2013.
Published Sep 4, 2013
The fast-moving King fire burned in Eldorado National Forest in September 2014.
Published Sep 18, 2014
A wildfire in Fresno County, California has burned more than 28,000 acres.
Published Jul 20, 2020
A wildfire burning in Los Padres National Park charred more than 500 acres—including the home of Big Sur’s fire chief.
Published Dec 17, 2013
A NASA project is providing maps of satellite data to emergency response teams during the Woolsey Fire.
Published Nov 16, 2018
Smoke streams east from a fire in Carlsbad Caverns National Park in this true-color image from June 14, 2011.
Published Jun 14, 2011
An expansive, destructive wildfire north of Los Angeles is visible from space by day and night.
Published Jun 28, 2016
The Thomas fire has set new records while ravaging several communities.
Published Dec 24, 2017
Temperature, humidity, and winds contributed to the rapid spread of fire in Lake County, about 100 miles northwest of Sacramento.
Published Jun 27, 2018
It is not even summertime, but already the United Kingdom has seen a significant number of wildfires.
Published May 6, 2019
On May 2, 2013, the MODIS instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this view of wildfires burning near Lassen Volcanic National Park.
Published May 3, 2013
Burning in the northeast corner of Yosemite National Park, the Rim Fire ranks among the largest in California history.
Published Aug 28, 2013
