Hundreds of fires triggered by lightening have hit California recent days. Many of the state’s large national forests has been burned, especially Northern California.

The following image captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite on Monday,…

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured the top image on May 28, 2008. MODIS on NASA’s Terra satellite captured the bottom image, showing the flooded areas, on June 8, 2008. These images use infrared and…

As shown by the following  MODIS imge on NASA’s Terra satellite (taken on May 28, 2008), a springtime dust storm lingered over Mongolia and northern China for the second consecutive day, spreading southward over the Beijing region.  As in the previous day’s image,…

Summit fire threatened the Santa Cruz Mountains south of San Jose, California, on May 23, 2008 (NASA). Roads were closed, people were evacuated because of the wild fire that had burned about 3,000 acres.

 This image of the fire (outlined in…

Recent studies based on the new measurements from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on NASA’s Terra satellite showed that pollution from East Asian forest fires, urban exhaust, and industrial production has been making a significant contribution to North…