California’s Carr Fire was one of 98 large, active fires delivering smoke across the United States in late July.
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The blaze is the largest in Arizona this year and the largest in the United States right now.
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Scientists have found a way to detect nighttime fires even sooner, when they are still relatively small.
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This image from June 9, 2011, shows Arizona’s Wallow Fire in the White Mountains near the border with New Mexico.
Atmosphere Land Fires
Little heat remained, but the California fire left behind a burn scar spanning almost 50 square miles.
Land Life Fires
The eastern part of the fire was active overnight, expanding the burned area to 76,000 acres.
Land Fires Remote Sensing
This pair of images shows the vast extent of the Wallow Fire, burning in eastern Arizona, on June 6, 2011.
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Fire weather clouds are one indication of the intensity of the fast-growing fire on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula.
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These detailed images from August 15 show a large, hard-to-access wildfire burning in Virginia’s Great Dismal Swamp. Firefighters hoped that rain from Hurricane Irene would slow the fire.
Land Fires
Satellites detect fires that are not necessarily being reported. Scientists are taking note and compiling global views of fire behavior and evolution.
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An expansive, destructive wildfire north of Los Angeles is visible from space by day and night.
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A wildfire in Fresno County, California has burned more than 28,000 acres.
Smoke billowed from a wildfire burning east of San Francisco on September 9, 2013.
Temperature, humidity, and winds contributed to the rapid spread of fire in Lake County, about 100 miles northwest of Sacramento.
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