Wildfires Impacting Forests

Dramatic images of wildfires affecting hills and forests, showcasing smoke and firefighting efforts, including helicopters and flames.

Forest fire in hills above Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, Central America
Forest fire in hills above Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, Central America
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Farmers do a controlled burn before plowing after harvest
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Waldo Canyon Fire. Colorado Weber Fire. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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USA, Washington State, North Cascades National Park. Vehicles drive through forest fire smoke.
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Boise National Forest, Idaho, to meet with Forest Service officials and firefighters, and to observe effects of the summer's Middle Fork Complex and Sheep Trail Fires
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iss053e317742 (Dec. 6, 2017) --- Expedition 53 Commander Randy Bresnik aboard the International Space Station took this photo of the California wildfires in the Los Angeles on Dec. 6, 2017.
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Washington. Lake Chelan National Recreation Area. Flick Creek Forest Fire. Helicopter Carrying Water In A Bambi Bucket To Fight The Fire.
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Ávila, 11-18-2007.Fire in Navarrevisca, Ávila.Photo: M. Martin..................... Archdc.
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This visible image of California's Rim Fire was acquired Aug. 23, 2013 by the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft, showing extensive, brownish smoke.
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Lava from the Kilauea eruption in Hawaii engulfs a greenhouse in Kapoho, Hawaii, June 2, 2018. The building was photographed from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a mission to survey possible landing zones for evacuation of residents in the area. (Hawaii Army National Guard
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Pollutants surge from oil refinery near Billings, Montana.
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Cumbre Vieja volcano erupting at night, threatening a house in El Paso village, La Palma, Canary Islands, September 2021
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ESU St. Louis - Assessment - 26-HK-316-21. Hurricane Katrina
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blow-off smoking volcano blow-off Copyright: xZoonar.com/DmitryxShabanovx 1246477
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Transparency - Forest fire protection by aeroplane, MB, about 1927
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Boise National Forest, Idaho, to meet with Forest Service officials and firefighters, and to observe effects of the summer's Middle Fork Complex and Sheep Trail Fires
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Papua New Guinea, New Britain Island, Rabaul Harbor. Smoke and ash are constantly emitted from this volcano near Rabaul Harbor.
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Burnt trees in forest after wildfire in National Park in Portugal, aerial drone view Burnt trees in forest after wildfire in National Park in Portugal, aerial drone view Copyright: xZoonar.com/marcinxjuchax 21202389
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Boise National Forest, Idaho, to meet with Forest Service officials and firefighters, and to observe effects of the summer's Middle Fork Complex and Sheep Trail Fires
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Aerial view of smoke billowing across the landscape, contrasting with the urban and rural divide, a scene of environmental impact, Osijek, Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia.
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Color satellite image of bushfires in Batemans Bay on the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Image collected on December 31, 2019 by Sentinel-2 satellites.
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Clouds of smoke over Cinigiano, forest fire, wildfire, Cinigiano, province of Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
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Forest fire in July 2008, Rhodes Island, Greece, Europe
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Boise National Forest, Idaho, to meet with Forest Service officials and firefighters, and to observe effects of the summer's Middle Fork Complex and Sheep Trail Fires
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Birdseye View of Burning Fire
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High Park Fire. Colorado High Park Wildfire. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Fire Wildfire - Boulder, Colo. , January 8, 2009 Houses where save by a burn out operation on the Old Stage Fire having a defensible space around the house gave the fire fighters this option. Photo: Micahel Rieger/FEMA. Colorado Olde Stage Fire. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Clouds of smoke over Cinigiano, forest fire, wildfire, Cinigiano, province of Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service crews routinely burn overgrown brush (hazardous fuels) to lessen the chance of catastrophic fire. Prescribed fire mimics historic fire regimes. Subjects: Fire; Roads; Prescribed burning. . 1998 - 2011.
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Boise National Forest, Idaho, to meet with Forest Service officials and firefighters, and to observe effects of the summer's Middle Fork Complex and Sheep Trail Fires
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Forest fire
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Forest fire
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Secretary Gale Norton, right, receiving briefing from Forest Service staff during visit to the scene of the Battle Creek fire in Pennington County inthe Black Hills of South Dakota, for discussions with federal, state, local officials and firefighting personnel
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Secretary Gale Norton, far right, and Fish and Wildlife Service Director Steve Williams, far left, receiving briefing from Forest Service staff duringvisit to the scene of the Battle Creek fire in Pennington County, South Dakota, for discussions with federal, state, local officials and firefighting personnel
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On August 23, 2013, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Aqua satellite acquired this image of the drought-fueled Rim fire burning in central California, near Yosemite National Park. Red outlines indicate hot spots where MODIS detected unusually warm surface temperatures associated with fires. Winds blew a thick smoke plume toward the northeast. A smaller fire—American fire—burned to the north. The lower image is a photograph that shows the fire burning at night on August 21. Started on August 17, 2013, the fast-moving fire had already charred more than 100,000 acres (40,000 hectares) by August 23, despite the efforts of more than 2,000 firefighters. Hundreds of people were forced to evacuate their homes, and roads in the area were closed. As of August 23, no structures had been reported destroyed, but the fire threatened the towns of Groveland and Pine Mountain Lake. By late August, wildfires had burned 3.4 million acres in the United States, making 2013
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Madrid, 02/12/2005. Windsor skyscraper fire. Photo: Jordi Romeu Archdc.