Satellites detect fires that are not necessarily being reported. Scientists are taking note and compiling global views of fire behavior and evolution.
Published Oct 22, 2018
Smoke streams east from a fire in Carlsbad Caverns National Park in this true-color image from June 14, 2011.
Published Jun 14, 2011
This pair of images shows the Las Conchas Fire burning near the western edge of Los Alamos National Laboratory on June 29, 2011.
Published Jun 30, 2011
Beginning in late August 2008, fire broke out near the western border of Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve. By late September, some 40,000 square kilometers (about 15,500 square miles) had burned, scorching roughly 80 percent of the park, according to news reports.
Published Sep 26, 2008
In early September 2015, the Rough Fire was the largest active wildfire in California.
Published Sep 8, 2015
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