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Chasing Fire Clouds in Utah
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NASA aircraft are sampling smoke lofted high into the atmosphere by one of the most formidable cloud types in the…

Aug 17, 2026
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Cascade Volcanoes Shrouded in Smoke
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From the International Space Station, astronauts photographed Mount Hood and Mount Rainier as wildfire smoke spread across the Pacific Northwest…

Aug 13, 2026
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Smoke Streams Across Eastern Washington
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Wildland fires in early August 2026 pushed air quality to unhealthy levels, destroyed hundreds of structures, and triggered mandatory evacuations…

Aug 4, 2026
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Jul 31, 2026
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Destructive Fires Char Western Europe
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Raging wildfires disrupted summer in Spain and France amid sweltering heat waves and prolonged drought.

Jul 31, 2026
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Smoke Blankets Oregon
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Lightning storms have ignited dozens of fires in central and eastern Oregon.

Jul 28, 2026
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A Week of Smoky Skies Across North America
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Brown carbon, emitted by wildland fires and tracked over the span of a week in July 2026, worsened air quality…

Jul 22, 2026
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NASA-Funded Study Shows How Controlled Burns Help Sequoias Survive Wildfires
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A new study, funded by NASA, found that giant sequoias were nearly four times more likely to survive extreme wildfires in forests that have…

Jul 20, 2026
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New NASA Earth Missions Gear Up to Start Science Flights  
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The first of six new airborne campaigns will hit the skies this summer.

Jul 20, 2026
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Wildfires in northern California are pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Washington's Olympic National Forest.
The Erskine wildfire, northeast of Bakersfield, California, is the state largest to date in 2016. After starting on June 23, the fire has consumed 47,000 acres. This image is from NASA's Terra spacecraft.
On Dec 26, 2017, NASA's Terra acquired this image of The Thomas Fire, the largest wildfire in California's recorded history. As of January 3, 2018, it was 93 percent contained after burning 282,000 acres and destroying 1,063 structures.
A wildfire in Canada and its smoke spreading in the atmosphere are pictured from the Intenational Space Station as it orbited 263 miles above North Dakota.
Wildfires just northwest of California's Eagle Lake and Honey Lake (far left) are pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 260 miles above The Golden State.
The Yangtze River beams in the Sun's glint as wildfires burn in the surrounding forestland near the city of Wuhan in China's province of Hubei. The International Space Station was orbiting 262 miles above the Asian nation at the time of this photograph.
NASA Terra satellite passed directly over the island of Madeira on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016, where a wildfire spread to the capital city of Funchal.
Ignited by lightning strikes during a record-breaking heat wave, the Biscuit Fire became Oregon largest wildfire of the past century. NASA Terra spacecraft acquired these image between mid July and early September 2002.
Data from NASA's ECOSTRESS instrument aboard the International Space Station shows three wildfires burning in the mountains east and southeast of the Los Angeles area on Sept. 10, 2024.
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