Human Caused Fires Burn in Northwest Territories in Canada (image)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Caption

Summer weather brings warm, sultry days, but it also brings summer storms and lightning, which is one of the natural ways that fires begin. The other culprit for starting fires is humans.

Credit

NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team, GSFC. Caption by Lynn Jenner

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