Us Wildfire Smoke Satellite Image
Nasa s aqua satellite captured the impressive eye opening and above all devastating image of the fires that keep raging in the west.
Us wildfire smoke satellite image. Satellite imagery from nasa shows how the smoke is flowing up the pacific coast and impacting b c s valleys. Residents in portions of lake and napa counties were. In the images which combine recent observations of the united states taken by several different nasa satellites from sept. For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data.
The smoke which is coming from wildfires burning in the western united states has prompted air quality advisories in many areas. Nasa gov brings you the latest images videos and news from america s space agency. Aqua captured the composite visible left and infrared right. In order to obtain u s.
Hms fire and smoke data products are marked with the time stamp representing the corresponding satellite image acquisition observation time in universal time coordinated utc and date using the julian day calendar 0 365 day of year for regular years 0 366 for leap years. 14 to 16 orange tinted smoke from an immense series of wildfires on the. Smoke from the wildfires in california is seen stretching some 600 miles off the coast of california in a nasa satellite image dated august 19. 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.
The wildfires in the us west coast have been raging for a while now destroying a record 4 million acres in california so far. Zoom earth shows live weather satellite images updated in near real time and the best high resolution aerial views of the earth in a fast zoomable map. The red marks indicate where the wildfires are currently burning from washington down to. Explore recent images of storms wildfires property and more.
Satellite image shows smoke from western wildfires stretching all the way to michigan september 14 2020 9 05 am cbs news wildfires across california oregon and washington have killed at least. Get the latest updates on nasa missions watch nasa tv live and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind.