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Driven by Santa Ana winds, several large wildfires flared across Southern California over the weekend of October 20, 2007. This is one of a pair of images (see image bh4648) of the area around Los Angeles on October 21, 2007, which show just how rapidly the fires grew. Compare this image to image bh4648, taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite at 1135 a.m. local time, which shows several active fires emitting only small plumes of smoke. By contrast, this image, taken at 250 p.m., when the Aqua satellite passed overhead, shows smoke pouring from several large blazes northwest of Los Angeles. Although Aqua MODIS only caught the edge of the scene during this satellite overpass, the plumes of smoke and dust that can be seen blowing off the coast in this image indicate the intensity of the winds and the presence of additional fires farther south. Santa Ana winds are a California firefighter's nightmare. These blustery, dry, and often hot...