This image from June 9, 2011, shows Arizona’s Wallow Fire in the White Mountains near the border with New Mexico.
Atmosphere Land Fires
Smoke billows from the Wallow Fire in this natural color image taken on June 8, 2011.
Image of the Day Land Fires
Measuring the height of a smoke plume is key to determining how far it might travel.
Image of the Day Fires Human Presence
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
This pair of images shows the vast extent of the Wallow Fire, burning in eastern Arizona, on June 6, 2011.
Heat Land Fires
In early September 2015, the Rough Fire was the largest active wildfire in California.
The Slide fire ignited in Oak Creek Canyon south of Flagstaff, Arizona, late in the afternoon of May 20, 2014.
Land Fires
Taken an hour and a half after the Las Conchas Fire started in the mountains southwest of Los Alamos, New Mexico, on June 26, this image shows the large wildfire well underway.
An expansive, destructive wildfire north of Los Angeles is visible from space by day and night.
Image of the Day Heat Fires Human Presence Remote Sensing
A wildfire burning in Los Padres National Park charred more than 500 acres—including the home of Big Sur’s fire chief.
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