As western wildfires continue to make headlines, a fascinating new image from space has emerged of one of those fires.

An astronaut onboard the International Space Station took a picture of smoke from a wildfire at night along the Texas and Mexico border.

According the web site ouramazingplanet.com, the smoke likely comes from the Whitewater-Baldy fire, which is the largest in New Mexico's history. The U.S. Forest Service believes the 465 square mile fire was ignited by lightning back in May. The fire is now 87 percent contained.

Winds have carried haze from the Whitewater-Baldy fire and other wildfire smoke as far as the east coast.

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Wildfire view from space