Since 2003, the number of November crop fires in northern India has increased significantly.
Published Nov 2, 2018
As they do every fall, farmers in northern India burned crop residue following the harvest.
Published Nov 13, 2015
Agricultural fires burn across Punjab, India, as farmers prepare for the growing season.
Published Oct 30, 2015
Acquired November 5, 2012, this image shows fires and smoke in the Indian state of Punjab.
Published Nov 7, 2012
Acquired October 21, 2009, this true-color image shows a large cluster of fires burning in northwestern India. Red outlines delineate actively burning fires, and many fires produce small smoke plumes.
Published Oct 22, 2009
Land use fires burning in central Sumatra, Indonesia, generated thick smoke that limited visibility.
Published Feb 28, 2014
In November 2013, skies were smoky in northwestern India as farmers burned leftover crop residue.
Published Nov 15, 2013
Scores of agricultural fires burned in the northwest Indian states of Punjab and Haryana on November 3, 2008.
Published Nov 4, 2008
Many farmers in India set fire to their fields to clear them before planting, a practice known as stubble burning.
Published Oct 27, 2017
Smoke from fires in southwestern Oregon drifted over much of Oregon in this true color image from late September 2009. The associated aerosol image reveals that the smoke reached as far east as eastern Montana and central Canada, illustrating that pollution travels long distances.
Published Oct 21, 2009
A combination of fires, urban pollution, and bad weather caused a remarkable build-up of haze over northern India and Pakistan.
Published Nov 9, 2017
Hundreds of fires are clustered in northwest India in this natural-color image from October 26, 2010.
Published Oct 26, 2010
