A ribbon of smoke connects two clusters of intense fires in central Russia in this photo-like image from August 12, 2010.
Published Aug 12, 2010With dozens of wildfires burning in a part of Russia best known for its frigid winters, the CALIPSO satellite offered this view through the clouds and smoke.
Published Jul 30, 2014This photo-like image from August 4, 2010, shows intense fires burning across central Russia and a thick plume of smoke stretching about 3,000 kilometers (1,860 miles).
Published Aug 5, 2010Thick smoke choked the skies over Manitoba, Ontario, and Hudson Bay on Tuesday, July 24, 2007. Thick swaths of smoke hundreds of kilometers across stretch eastward over Canada’s land and water. The smoke can be distinguished from the nearby clouds by the difference in color. Whereas clouds are bright white, the smoke is dingy gray.
Published Jul 27, 2007Gray-brown smoke stretches across a broad swath of western Canada in this true-color image from July 13, 2010.
Published Jul 15, 2010Gray-brown smoke drifts north over the Canadian Arctic and the Beaufort Sea in this true-color image from June 28, 2010.
Published Jun 30, 2010This true-color image from August 2, 2010, shows thick smoke spanning about 1,700 kilometers (1,000 miles) of western Russia. The smoke comes from hundreds of fires burning in bogs and forests.
Published Aug 2, 2010A plume of smoke from wildfires burning in Canada reached the eastern United States.
Published Jun 11, 2015A new experimental model that relies on data from NOAA and NASA satellites has proven remarkably good at simulating the behavior of wildfire smoke.
Published Nov 6, 2018Acquired July 25, 2011, this natural-color image shows smoke from wildfires blowing eastward across Canada.
Published Jul 26, 2011