Space Station Photo of Blazing Wyoming Wildfire

Astronaut's photo captures blazing Wyoming wildfire

Space station crew member snapped shot of Bridger-Teton National Forest

NASA

Smoke from Wyoming's Fontenelle Fire was visible aboard the International Space Station on June 27.

By OurAmazingPlanet Staff

OurAmazingPlanet

updated 7/7/2012 1:41:05 PM ET

 

Astronauts and satellites alike have captured ominous images from space of a fast-growing wildfire that is blazing across Wyoming.

The Fontenelle Fire, burning in the Bridger-Teton National Forest near the state's western border with Idaho, was first reported on the afternoon of June 24. More than 850 people are battling the blaze, and it is only 25 percent contained.

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