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Fires on Melville Island
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Fires on Melville Island

A large fire was burning on Melville Island north of mainland Australia on October 4, 2006, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite passed overhead.

Published Oct 4, 2006

Land Fires

Carstens Fire, California
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Carstens Fire, California

On June 17, 2013, NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image of the Carstens fire burning southwest of California’s Yosemite National Park.

Published Jun 19, 2013

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Fires in Greece
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Fires in Greece

Thick smoke poured from a large fire burning outside Athens, Greece, when this image was taken on August 22, 2009.

Published Aug 25, 2009

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Wallow Fire, Arizona
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Wallow Fire, Arizona

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

Atmosphere Land Fires

West Mims Fire Surpasses 100,000 Acres
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West Mims Fire Surpasses 100,000 Acres

The fire continues to grow, with less than a tenth of it contained.

Published May 3, 2017

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Unusual Wildfire in Iceland
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Unusual Wildfire in Iceland

In western Iceland in late March 2006, a large fire broke out in the grasses of a wetland area, which had been dried out by a period of persistent north winds. The fire burned somewhere around 67 square kilometers, the largest fire recorded since the island was settled in the 9th century.

Published Apr 5, 2006

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Peppin Fire on El Capitan
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Peppin Fire on El Capitan

Published May 28, 2004

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Smoke and Fire on Bathurst Island
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Smoke and Fire on Bathurst Island

Roughly one-third of the savanna woodlands on these islands burn each year.

Published Jun 21, 2017

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Assayii Lake Fire, New Mexico
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Assayii Lake Fire, New Mexico

The Assayii Lake fire is burning on the Navajo Nation in northwestern New Mexico.

Published Jun 17, 2014

Land Fires

Lockheed Fire, Santa Cruz Mountains
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Lockheed Fire, Santa Cruz Mountains

A narrow but dense plume of smoke rises from the Lockheed Fire southwest of San Jose, California, and slices across the mouth of Monterey Bay, stretching past the city of Santa Cruz toward Monterey in this photo-like image taken on August 13, 2009.

Published Aug 15, 2009

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Wallow Fire, Arizona
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Wallow Fire, Arizona

This pair of images shows the vast extent of the Wallow Fire, burning in eastern Arizona, on June 6, 2011.

Published Jun 6, 2011

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Erskine Fire, California
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Erskine Fire, California

An expansive, destructive wildfire north of Los Angeles is visible from space by day and night.

Published Jun 28, 2016

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Mile Marker 28 Fire, Washington
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Mile Marker 28 Fire, Washington

The Terra satellite captured an image of a wildfire blazing in central Washington on July 27, 2013.

Published Jul 29, 2013

Land Fires