Asian nations close to the equator are in a compelling dry season, one of the more unsurprising effects of an El Niño occasion like the one in progress this year. The most noticeably bad timberland fires in almost two decades are wearing out of control on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. This Oct. 14 picture from NASA's Multi-point Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) demonstrates an area of the Indonesian side of Borneo 258 miles (415 kilometers) wide, stretching out from the middle toward the south bank of the island. A cover of smoke covers a great part of the picture, blowing westbound with the overall winds toward Sumatra and the countries of Malaysia and Singapore