14 of the Summer’s Biggest Wildfires, as Seen from Space

August 18, 2010 by  

From Madeira, Portugal to the Madeira River in the Brazilian Amazon, huge wildfires in forests and peat bogs are raging. NASA has captured images of these fires sending huge plumes of smoke into the atmosphere. (Updated with eight new images!)

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