The Soberanes Fire has been burning for 11 days and may continue for weeks.
Published Aug 2, 2016Fire weather clouds are one indication of the intensity of the fast-growing fire on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula.
Published May 23, 2014One of a number of large wildfires that have affected northern California in 2012, the Chips fire burned more than 75,000 acres by the time firefighters had contained it.
Published Sep 5, 2012The Thomas fire is now the fourth largest wildfire on record in California.
Published Dec 15, 2017The fast-moving fire burned in Eldorado National Forest in September 2014.
Published Sep 23, 2014This pair of images shows the vast extent of the Wallow Fire, burning in eastern Arizona, on June 6, 2011.
Published Jun 6, 2011A wildfire in Fresno County, California has burned more than 28,000 acres.
Published Jul 20, 2020Measuring the height of a smoke plume is key to determining how far it might travel.
Published May 5, 2018California’s Lake fire spread across a part of the national forest that rarely burns.
Published Jun 23, 2015The false-color image in this true- and false-color image pair shows the extent of the large Twitchell Canyon Fire burning in the mountains of central Utah on September 21, 2010.
Published Sep 22, 2010The EO-1 satellite observed the burn scar from the Little Bear Fire.
Published Jun 14, 2012The Whitewater-Baldy Fire is the largest on record in New Mexico.
Published Jun 14, 2012This image from June 9, 2011, shows Arizona’s Wallow Fire in the White Mountains near the border with New Mexico.
Published Jun 10, 2011