The blaze is the largest in Arizona this year and the largest in the United States right now.
Published Jun 16, 2020Image of the Day Heat Land Fires Human Presence Remote Sensing
Measuring the height of a smoke plume is key to determining how far it might travel.
Published May 5, 2018Taken July 25, 2010, this astronaut photograph shows the Dominic Point Fire burning in the Bitterroot National Forest in Montana.
Published Jul 28, 2010A wildfire burning in Los Padres National Park charred more than 500 acres—including the home of Big Sur’s fire chief.
Published Dec 17, 2013Taken 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.
Published Jun 27, 2011The fast-moving King fire burned in Eldorado National Forest in September 2014.
Published Sep 18, 2014The Piute Fire, burning south of Lake Isabella in the Sequoia National Forest in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains, was one of the more than 300 wildfires burning across the state of California in early July 2008.
Published Jul 14, 2008