A ribbon of smoke snakes across western Canada in this true-color image from August 2, 2010.
Atmosphere Dust and Haze
Dense smoke pours from a cluster of wildfires in this image of Northwest Territories, Canada, taken on July 23, 2011.
Land Fires
Lightning sparked nearly 400 new fires in Canada this week.
Heat Land Fires Human Presence
The accumulation of smoke from fires in northern Canada poses air quality concerns.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Fires
Fires
In 2013, Landsat 8 captured views of a wildfire burning through boreal forests in western Quebec on June 22 and July 8.
A thick, gray-brown cloud of smoke stretches across hundreds of kilometers over Canada’s Northwest Territories, Alberta, and Saskatchewan in this image from June 26, 2010.
Numerous large fires were burning in Yukon Territory, Canada, on July 30, 2009.
Atmosphere Land Fires