Fires in Southern Europe

Fires

Smoke over Western Russia

Though fires across Russia appeared to be less intense than previously, these photo-like images show thick smoke rising from two regions in western Russia on August 15, 2010.

Atmosphere Land Dust and Haze

Deadly Fires in Greece

Deadly wildfires in southern Greece wafted thick clouds of smoke over the Mediterranean Sea in late August 2007.

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Fires in Eastern Siberia

Acquired July 25, 2010, this natural-color image shows clusters of fires burning north of the Kamchatka Peninsula.

Atmosphere Land Fires

Fires in Victoria, Australia

Fires

Fires in Greece

Deadly wildfires in southern Greece wafted thick clouds of smoke over the Ionian Sea and southward to the Mediterranean in late August 2007. A line of fires stretches along the western coast of Greece’s Peloponnesus Peninsula. To the northeast, a large fire is casting a plume of smoke over Athens.

Land Fires

Forest Fires in Algeria

Scores of forest fires were burning in northern Algeria in late August 2007. Although much of the country is occupied by the Sahara Desert, Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and chaparral occur on the Atlas Mountains that line the coast. The smoke was so thick that the capital, Algiers, is not visible beneath it.

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