At 369 square miles in size, the Rim Fire is the largest in the United States in 2013.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Dust and Haze Fires
Burning in the northeast corner of Yosemite National Park, the Rim Fire ranks among the largest in California history.
Image of the Day Land Fires
A large wildfire raged near Yosemite National Park in August 2013.
Fire charred forests along the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in July 2016.
Atmosphere Fires
Acquired June 5, 2011, this natural-color image shows thick smoke from Arizona traveling northward through Colorado.
Atmosphere Land Dust and Haze
This false-color image shows smoke billowing from the Rim fire on August 30, 2013.
Atmosphere Land Fires
Acquired June 7, 2011, this natural-color image shows the Wallow Fire burning in Arizona, and smoke hovering over Kansas.
Twenty days after being ignited by lightning, California’s Lion Fire continues to grow.
Land Fires
New Mexico’s largest fire has grown in fits and starts.
Fires
This image from June 9, 2011, shows Arizona’s Wallow Fire in the White Mountains near the border with New Mexico.
Fire weather clouds are one indication of the intensity of the fast-growing fire on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Fires
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.