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On October 28, 2005, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image of smoke pouring across the northern Pacific Ocean from dozens of fires (red dots) burning in Russia’s Far East.
NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center
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Tens of thousands of people fled to safety as blazes spread throughout the country’s Biobío and Ñuble regions.
Satellite-based maps show northern wildland fires becoming more frequent and widespread as temperatures rise and lightning reaches higher latitudes.
Blazes spread across Los Alerces National Park, home to some of the world's oldest trees.
