The last eleven years of wildfires plotted on the United States of America: a visualization by John Nelson based on MODIS thermal imaging data. Note that at their hottest, some of these wildfires register as having put out as much energy as three nuclear plants (image credit: John Nelson/IDV Solutions). 

Texas fires from orbit: Astronaut Ron Garan photographs the Texas wildfires from aboard the International Space Station (photo by NASA Astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 27/28).