Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Smokey-Skies-27MZIFJ6Y00_0.htmlConceptually similarSatellite View of the Rim Fire in CaliforniaGP04RK5Completed★★★★★★A Tropical FirstGP0STPDCBCompleted★★★★Night View of Hurricane SandyGP04B1PCompleted★★★★Northeastern US BlizzardGP0STOUT3Completed★★★★Hurricane Patricia Infrared ImageGP0STPDUDCompleted★★★★Hudson Bay CycloneGP0STQ384Completed★★★★Blue Marble Image of EarthGP03H83Completed★★★★★★★Sand Fire in CaliforniaGP0STQ1AMCompleted★★★★Satellite Image of Soberanes Fire in CaliforniaGP0STQ1A0Completed★★★★View AllGP0STPDCDSmokey SkiesIn summer 2015, wildfires raged across the western United States and Alaska. Many of those fires burned in the U.S. Northwest, visible in these images from late August. The image was acquired in the early morning local time on August 19 by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sensor on the Suomi NPP satellite.Locations:California-North America-Oregon-United States of America-Washington, DCDate:19 Aug, 2015Credit:© NASAMaximum size:8000px X 6802pxRestrictions:CREDIT NASA, NOT FOR SALE. OKAY FOR ALL GREENPEACE USE. DO NOT IMPLY THAT NASA OR NOAA SUPPORT OR STATE ANY POSITIONS IN REGARDS TO THIS PHOTO. CAPTION IS WRITTEN AS POSTED BY NASA ON THEIR WEBSITE: HTTP://WWW.NASA.GOV/MULTIMEDIA/IMAGEGALLERY/IMAGE_FEATURE_2445.HTMLNASA IMAGE USE POLICY: HTTP://WWW.NASA.GOV/AUDIENCE/FORMEDIA/FEATURES/MP_PHOTO_GUIDELINES.HTMLKeywords:Aerial view-Climate (campaign title)-Earth (planet)-Fires-Forest fires-KWCI (GPI)-NASA-Public Domain (license type)-Satellite Images-SmokeShoot:NASA Wildfires in USAs of August 6, outbreaks of large wildfires had charred more than 6 million acres, nearly two million more than the ten-year average through early August. The causes of these devastating fires is the unusually severe drought and strong storms. The views of wildfires from orbiting satellite are provided by NASA through its web site: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Images/?eocn=topnav&eoci=images. NASA image use policy: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/features/MP_Photo_Guidelines.html
