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Clouds and smoke mingle in the skies over eastern Alaska and western Canada on July 17, 2004. This image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite shows locations of fires outlined in red.
Image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
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