Beige colored landscape in the lower left surrounds Boise in the corner of the image. It gives way to rising mountainous regions covered in green. Interspersed in the Boise National Forest and Sawtooth National Forest are webs of smoke that seem to follow many of the Forest valleys. In the upper right corner there is a marker for town of Stanley.

Wildland Fires Scorch Idaho Wilderness

Burning for weeks, the Wapiti and Middle Fork Complex fires have charred tens of thousands of acres. View the full story

Credits: NASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison
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TakenAugust 31, 2024
Image CreditNASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison
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