Satellite View Of California Wildfires Smoke

Wildfires across california oregon and washington have killed at least 35 people scorched over 4 million acres and sent thick smoke and ash into the skies.

Satellite view of california wildfires smoke.

New satellite images show the smoke from wildfires that s drifted 600 miles into the pacific ocean and made california s air quality plummet to very unhealthy and hazardous levels. Get the latest updates on nasa missions watch nasa tv live and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. Nasa s terra satellite on monday aug. Dramatic satellite images show the.

22 2020 captured a view that showed a pall of wildfire smoke covering most of california. The noaa also shared thursday s view of. This geocolor view shows the smoke blowing well away for the. They show the smoke drifting from oregon heading south into california and through the san francisco bay area over a two day period starting on sept.

A loop of satellite imagery created by penn state s department of meteorology provides a close up view of california from space over the course of the last 15 hours revealing the extent of the. Huge stretches of the us are filled with smoke primarily from western wildfires. For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data. The recent satellite and aerial imagery below show california blanketed in dense smoke as flames ignite mountain chaparral and desert regions.

A nasa satellite view shows just how severe it is. Noaa s goes17 continues to track the extensive smoke from the wildfires across northern california. The fire and smoke map shows fine particulate 2 5 micron pm 2 5 pollution data obtained from air quality monitors and sensors information is shown on both the epa s air quality index scale using the nowcast aqi algorithm and also as hourly pm 2 5 concentration values.