Gallery: Texas Wildfires Seen From Space

by Clara Moskowitz, SPACE.com Assistant Managing Editor | September 07, 2011 11:42am ET

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Smoke From Texas Wildfires Visible From Space

Credit: NASA/Ron Garan

Smoke wafts off the Earth from wildfires in Texas in this photo taken by space station astronaut Ron Garan on Sept. 6, 2011.

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Clara Moskowitz, SPACE.com Assistant Managing Editor

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Clara has been SPACE.com's Assistant Managing Editor since 2011, and has been writing for SPACE.com and LiveScience since 2008. Clara has a bachelor's degree in astronomy and physics from Wesleyan University, and a graduate certificate in science writing from the University of California, Santa Cruz. To find out what her latest project is, you can follow Clara on Google+.

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