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NASA image: NASA Terra Spacecraft Eyes Smoke Plumes from Massive Rim Fire Near Yosemite
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Aug 27, 2013

NASA Terra Spacecraft Eyes Smoke Plumes from Massive Rim Fire Near Yosemite

This visible image of California Rim Fire was acquired Aug. 23, 2013 by the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer...

JPL
NASA image: EC01-0328-11
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Nov 9, 2001

EC01-0328-11

Smoke generators show the twisting paths of wingtip vortices behind two NASA Dryden F/A-18's used in the Autonomous...

AFRC
NASA image: Smoke from California Sand and Soberanes Fires Observed by NASA MISR
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Jul 26, 2016

Smoke from California Sand and Soberanes Fires Observed by NASA MISR

The Sand Fire in the Santa Clarita Valley area of Southern California erupted on Friday, July 22, 2016, and rapidly...

JPL
NASA image: NASA MISR Studies Smoke Plumes from California Sand Fire
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Aug 2, 2016

NASA MISR Studies Smoke Plumes from California Sand Fire

39,000 acres (60 square miles, or 160 square kilometers). Thousands of residents were evacuated, and the fire...

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NASA image: Signs of black smoke during Liftoff of the Shuttle Challenger STS 51-L
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Jan 28, 1986

Signs of black smoke during Liftoff of the Shuttle Challenger STS 51-L

51L-10096 (12 Feb 1986) --- Time as of 0.445, first evidence of black smoke right hand (RH) solid rocket booster...

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NASA image: NASA's MISR Captures 3D Image of Smoke from California's Woolsey Fire
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Nov 12, 2018

NASA's MISR Captures 3D Image of Smoke from California's Woolsey Fire

Data from the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite was used to...

JPL
NASA image: Volcanic Plume from Mt. Unzen, Dust Cloud, cloud Vortices
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Dec 1, 1991

Volcanic Plume from Mt. Unzen, Dust Cloud, cloud Vortices

Stable, south flowing air over the western Pacific Ocean (26.0N, 131.0E) is disturbed by islands south of Korea,...

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NASA image: EC01-0328-28
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Nov 9, 2001

EC01-0328-28

Smoke generators show the twisting paths of wingtip vortices behind two NASA Dryden F/A-18's used in the Autonomous...

AFRC
NASA image: EC01-0328-17
Image
Nov 9, 2001

EC01-0328-17

Smoke generators show the twisting paths of wingtip vortices behind two NASA Dryden F/A-18's used in the Autonomous...

AFRC
NASA image: EC01-0328-12
Image
Nov 9, 2001

EC01-0328-12

Smoke generators show the twisting paths of wingtip vortices behind two NASA Dryden F/A-18's used in the Autonomous...

AFRC
NASA image: Hubble Captures Smoking Gun of a Newborn Star
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Dec 31, 2018

Hubble Captures Smoking Gun of a Newborn Star

In this image, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the smoking gun of a newborn star, the Herbig–Haro...

GSFC
NASA image: Mosaic image of fires in Indonesia
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Oct 3, 1997

Mosaic image of fires in Indonesia

Middle school students across the country photographed the fires and smoke over southern Sumatra from a camera...

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NASA image: Kidsat image of Sumatra, Indonesia & map
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Oct 3, 1997

Kidsat image of Sumatra, Indonesia & map

Middle school students across the country photographed the fires and smoke over southern Sumatra from a camera...

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NASA image: Sumatra, Indonesia
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Oct 3, 1997

Sumatra, Indonesia

Middle school students across the country photographed the fires and smoke over southern Sumatra from a camera...

JPL
NASA image: Southern Sumatra, Indonesia
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Oct 3, 1997

Southern Sumatra, Indonesia

Middle school students across the country photographed the fires and smoke over southern Sumatra from a camera...

JPL
NASA image: Hazy and Dusty Skies over Western Africa
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Jan 21, 2004

Hazy and Dusty Skies over Western Africa

NASA Terra spacecraft saw a pall of smoke and dust largely obscured the nations of Cote dIvoire, Ghana, Burkina Faso...

JPL
NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Smoke from a successful controlled burn near KSC’s Launch Complex 39 surrounds the Vehicle Assembly Building and spreads across the horizon. The water in the foreground is the Banana River.
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Nov 24, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Smoke from a successful controlled burn near KSC’s Launch Complex 39 surrounds the Vehicle Assembly Building and spreads across the horizon. The water in the foreground is the Banana River.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Smoke from a successful controlled burn near KSC’s Launch Complex 39 surrounds the...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A successful controlled burn near KSC’s Launch Complex 39 area creates clouds of smoke in a clear blue sky. The water seen is the Banana River.
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Nov 24, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A successful controlled burn near KSC’s Launch Complex 39 area creates clouds of smoke in a clear blue sky. The water seen is the Banana River.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A successful controlled burn near KSC’s Launch Complex 39 area creates clouds of smoke...

KSC
NASA image: Long Smoke Plumes from California Destructive Bluecut Fire Spotted by NASA MISR
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Aug 17, 2016

Long Smoke Plumes from California Destructive Bluecut Fire Spotted by NASA MISR

On Aug. 16, 2016, at around 10:30 a.m., a brush fire ignited in the Cajon Pass east of Los Angeles, just to the west...

JPL
NASA image: View of Anderson working with SAME Hardware in the US Lab during Expedition 15
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Sep 8, 2007

View of Anderson working with SAME Hardware in the US Lab during Expedition 15

ISS015-E-27411 (8 Sept. 2007) --- NASA astronaut Clay Anderson, Expedition 15 flight engineer, works on the Smoke...

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NASA image: View of Anderson setting up SAME Hardware in the US Lab during Expedition 15
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Sep 1, 2007

View of Anderson setting up SAME Hardware in the US Lab during Expedition 15

ISS015-E-26252 (1 Sept. 2007) --- Astronaut Clay Anderson, Expedition 15 flight engineer, works on the Smoke and...

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NASA image: View of working with SAME Hardware in the US Lab during Expedition 15
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Sep 8, 2007

View of working with SAME Hardware in the US Lab during Expedition 15

ISS015-E-27397 (8 Sept. 2007) --- NASA astronaut Clay Anderson, Expedition 15 flight engineer, pauses for a photo...

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NASA image: View of Anderson working with SAME Hardware in the US Lab during Expedition 15
Image
Sep 8, 2007

View of Anderson working with SAME Hardware in the US Lab during Expedition 15

ISS015-E-27425 (8 Sept. 2007) --- NASA astronaut Clay Anderson, Expedition 15 flight engineer, works on the Smoke...

JSC
NASA image: NASA Satellites See Wildfires from Space
Video
Oct 11, 2017

NASA Satellites See Wildfires from Space

As wildfires burn across California, NASA satellites help gather data about where the fires are and how smoke...

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