Envisat sees smoke from Portuguese wildfires   This MERIS Reduced Resolution image was acquired 21 August 2005 and shows smoke from wildfires raging across Portugal blown into the Atlantic   This MERIS Reduced Resolution image acquired 5 August 2005 shows smoke from fires across the country - to date more than 140 000 hecatres of land has been destroyed. Fanned by strong winds, the fires follow a long period of drought. Release date: 22 February 2008