Plume from Mumbai's Burning Landfill Seen from Space

The end of January had a smoky surprise for Mumbai, India, after the city's largest landfill caught fire and burned for four days. Mumbai's Deonar dumping ground extends across 0.5 square miles (1.3 square kilometers) near Thane Creek. Each day, the landfill receives more than 8.1 million pounds (3.7 million kilograms) of trash, according to NASA's Earth Observatory.