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Large and dangerous wildfires burn in central and eastern Washington, as seen from satellite imagery showing how they appear during the nighttime and daytime. Near the city of Spokane, several fires close in on the city, burning hundreds of structures and forcing evacuations.

Yesterday, the Widemouth 2 Fire in central Utah exploded in size, sending a large plume of smoke into the air. The Ward Fire in eastern Nevada can also be seen.

Wildfires rage in the Pacific Northwest over the last several days. The Tartar fire in Idaho is over 100,000 acres after exploding in size overnight Saturday, while dangerous wildfires encroach on the city of Spokane, destroying hundreds of structures and prompting evacuations.

Yesterday morning, a full moon illuminated Hawai'i and Tropical Cyclone Fausto to its north while the light from Kīlauea's 52nd eruptive episode glowed brightly on the Big Island.

This image is in the Day-Night Band (NCC) product and is from the S-NPP weather satellite from 12:34 UTC on 2026-07-29.

In the last 36 hours, Super Typhoon Dolphin grew from a Category 1 to a powerful Category 5 equivalent storm over the Western Pacific Ocean.

After thunderstorms moved through yesterday afternoon, portions of the Northeastern United States continue to receive heavy rain today.

Tropical Storm Fausto approaches Hawaii, where it will soon bring impacts to the islands. Meanwhile, Hurricane Genevieve is now a Category 3 storm in the Eastern Pacific as Typhoon Dolphin is undergoing extreme rapid intensification in the Western Pacific.

Hurricane Genevieve, after forming in the Eastern Pacific late last week, underwent rapid intensification in the last 36 hours, at one point strengthening into a Category 5 storm. Genevieve is currently at Category 4 strength and will continue moving northwest over the ocean.

Among the cities and other artificial lights visible at night in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia, several large active wildfires burn brightly in the dark.

Details: This satellite imagery contains the Day-Night Band (NCC) product from the Suomi-NPP weather satellite. It was captured at 10:38 UTC on 2026-07-24.

Following Tropical Storm Bertha's landfall in Texas yesterday, it continued to move inland, where it dissipated shortly after during the nighttime hours.