Taken on April 10, 2011, this true-color image shows two large wildfires burning in central Texas near Lubbock.
Land Fires
The Rock House Fire stretches in a long line around the town of Fort Davis, Texas, in this true-color image taken on April 10, 2011.
Several large wildfires send plumes of smoke streaming across Texas in this natural-color image taken on April 15, 2011.
Image of the Day Land Fires
This Landsat image, taken on May 2, 2011, shows all 314,444 acres burned in the Rockhouse Fire in southwestern Texas.
Land Life Fires
This Landsat-5 image shows the land burned in the Cooper Mountain Ranch Fire in central Texas.
Thick plumes of smoke rise from several fires burning in southeastern Texas and Louisiana in this image from March 1, 2011.
The Landsat-5 satellite acquired this image of the Swenson Fire burn scar on April 18, 2011.
This temperature map shows the extremely warm temperatures that helped create hazardous fire conditions in Texas in April.
Image of the Day Heat Land Drought
Acquired September 6, 2011, this natural-color image shows fires burning around Dallas and Houston, Texas, and Shreveport, Louisiana.
Burn scars dot the state of Texas in this image from April 30, 2011.
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