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This satellite image from Oct. 29, 2003 shows smoke from the California fires accumulating over northwest Arizona after the winds changed direction.

NASA's Terra Satellite captured this image of plumes from the California wildfires on Oct. 29, 2003.

This satellite photo shows the smoke plumes rising from the fires in southern California. Active fires, as of Oct. 27, 2003, are shown in red.

Again, active fires are marked in red.

This is now the Grand Prix Fire and Piru Fire near Los Angeles looked on Oct. 25, 2003.

In this satellite image, plumes of smoke caused by wildfires are seen moving off the coast through southern California, Oct. 26, 2003. Fires burning are, at left, Simi Valley and Moorpark; center, the combined Grand Prix and Old Fire, north of San Bernadino and Rancho Cucamonga/Ontario; bottom right, the Scripps Ranch fire in the San Diego area.

NASA's Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor aboard the Orbview-2 satellite gets a wider view of the area. In this image, the smoke plumes extend the entire length of the Baja peninsula, several hundred miles.

NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer aboard the Aqua satellite constitutes a vital part of the National Interagency Fire Center's management tool kit for monitoring and controlling wildfires.

This image from Oct. 27, 2003, shows plumes of smoke extending miles out over the Pacific Ocean.

The crew of the International Space Station photographed the wildfires ravaging southern California from its unique perspective 240 miles above Earth.