image: This fire began on May 20, 2015, according to the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System. As of May 21, there were 22 wildfires in the Saskatchewan province, five that have not been contained and one that is currently being assessed. The wildfire in this image is more than 9,376 hectares (23,168 acres) in size. The region has already suffered with 185 wildfires to date and the normal fire season has not even begun. At this time last year, there had been 106 wildfires in Saskatchewan.
NASA's Aqua satellite collected this natural-color image with the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, MODIS, instrument on May 21, 2015. Actively burning areas, detected by MODIS's thermal bands, are outlined in red.
Credit: NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team, GSFC. Caption by Lynn Jenner