An expansive, destructive wildfire north of Los Angeles is visible from space by day and night.
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The Thomas fire is now the fourth largest wildfire on record in California.
Atmosphere Heat Land Fires
The eastern part of the fire was active overnight, expanding the burned area to 76,000 acres.
Land Fires Remote Sensing
Temperature, humidity, and winds contributed to the rapid spread of fire in Lake County, about 100 miles northwest of Sacramento.
Image of the Day 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.
Atmosphere Land Fires
The fast-moving Delta Fire is one of several that have cast a pall of smoke over the region this summer.
Image of the Day Land Fires Remote Sensing
The VIIRS instrument on the Suomi NPP satellite tracked the growth of the fire between August 20 and September 4.
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Fires
The fast-moving King fire burned in Eldorado National Forest in September 2014.
Land Fires
Wildfire struck rugged woodlands near Yosemite, causing sporadic evacuations of nearby towns and spreading smoke as far as Idaho.
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A wildfire in Fresno County, California has burned more than 28,000 acres.
This pair of images shows the vast extent of the Wallow Fire, burning in eastern Arizona, on June 6, 2011.
Heat Land Fires
The blaze is the largest in Arizona this year and the largest in the United States right now.
Image of the Day Heat Land Fires Human Presence Remote Sensing
On September 10, 2013, a wildfire burned east of San Fransisco.