Acquired August 19, 2009, this true-color image shows thick smoke from fires in southern British Columbia clouding skies over Vancouver, Seattle, and Spokane. The image also shows a dramatic transition in land cover between eastern and western Washington.
Published Aug 21, 2009With 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, 2014A 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, 2018The height of a wildfire's smoke plume is key to understanding how far it will blow.
Published Jun 6, 2012As satellites observed, an intense wildfire in Quebec, Canada, lofted smoke high into the atmosphere in June 2013. Winds then drove the smoke across the Atlantic Ocean all the way to Europe.
Published Jun 28, 2013Thick smoke from lightning-sparked fires nearly blotted out sunlight in early July 2015.
Published Jul 8, 2015A river of smoke from wildfires in Northwest Territories has moved south into Alberta, Saskatchewan, and the United States.
Published Jul 11, 2014Smoke from fires in Canada streamed into the United States.
Published Jul 1, 2015Acquired July 25, 2011, this natural-color image shows smoke from wildfires blowing eastward across Canada.
Published Jul 26, 2011Gray-brown smoke drifts north over the Canadian Arctic and the Beaufort Sea in this true-color image from June 28, 2010.
Published Jun 30, 2010A plume of smoke from wildfires burning in Canada reached the eastern United States.
Published Jun 11, 2015