Image of the Day Land
Acquired June 7, 2011, this natural-color image shows the Wallow Fire burning in Arizona, and smoke hovering over Kansas.
Atmosphere Land Fires
Burning immediately southwest of Los Alamos, New Mexico, the Las Conchas Fire covers the city in smoke in this image from June 27, 2011.
Wildfire smoke from California traveled hundreds to miles and obscured skies in central Arizona.
Atmosphere Heat Land Fires Human Presence Remote Sensing
Hot, dry weather and fierce easterlies fanned the flames of several blazes, endangering homes and lives.
Image of the Day Land Fires Human Presence
Smoke from the fire spread out in an interesting pattern over northern Texas.
Land Fires
The Assayii Lake fire is burning on the Navajo Nation in northwestern New Mexico.
Fires
This pair of images shows the Las Conchas Fire burning near the western edge of Los Alamos National Laboratory on June 29, 2011.
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.
New Mexico’s largest fire has grown in fits and starts.
As the smoke from this fire makes clear, surface winds do not always blow in the same direction as those at higher altitudes.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Fires
Acquired June 5, 2011, this natural-color image shows thick smoke from Arizona traveling northward through Colorado.
Atmosphere Land Dust and Haze
Image of the Day Land Fires
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