Alarming pictures of Amazon forest fire in Brazil

In this August 20, 2019 drone photo released by the Corpo de Bombeiros de Mato Grosso, brush fires burn in Guaranta do Norte municipality, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Brazil's National Institute for Space Research, a federal agency monitoring deforestation and wildfires, said the country has seen a record number of wildfires this year. (Photo: AP)

This satellite image provided by NASA on August 13, 2019 shows several fires burning in the Brazilian Amazon forest. Brazil's National Institute for Space Research, a federal agency monitoring deforestation and wildfires, said the country has seen a record number of wildfires this year, counting 74,155 as of Tuesday, August 20, an 84 percent increase compared to the same period last year. (Photo: AP)

In this August 20, 2019 drone photo released by the Corpo de Bombeiros de Mato Grosso, brush fires burn in Guaranta do Norte municipality, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. (Photo: AP)

Smoke from wildfires in the Amazon Rainforest spreads across several Brazilian states in this natural-color image taken by a NASA instrument on the Suomi NPP satellite. Although it is fire season in Brazil, the number of fires may be record-setting. (Photo: NASA)

From 22,300 miles in space, NOAA's GOES16 captured this image of fires burning in the Amazon Rainforest on August 21, 2019. (Photo: NOAA)

Smoke from fires in the Amazon Rainforest, clearly seen by NOAA20, is absorbing sunlight and cooling the ground while heating the atmosphere. This process is suppressing the formation of clouds. (Photo: NOAA)