California Wildfires Satellite Images 2017

21 2017 shows the growing fire scar on the landscape.

California wildfires satellite images 2017.

Satellite images of the wildfires scorching southern california by kendall russell december 11 2017 thick layers of smoke and ash still hover over the los angeles metropolitan area monday as fire crews continue to defend against the wildfires that have raged on the west coast for more than a week. Explore recent images of storms wildfires property and more. Fire origins mark the fire fighter s best guess of where the fire started. This image combines the satellite s true color imagery along with thermal imagery in red that indicates the hot spots associated with the active fires.

2 this sequence of goes 16 channel 7 infrared 15 minute images shows wildfire development over 10 hours and 45 minutes starting at 9 45 p m. Nasa lance fire information for resource management system provides near real time active fire data from modis and viirs to meet the needs of firefighters scientists and users interested in monitoring fires. The video below shows a satellite image loop revealing the rapid expansion of several large new fires that broke out across california over the weekend including the creek fire in fresno county. Nasa this image from nasa s aqua satellite shows more than a dozen fires burning in northern california oct.

This map contains live feed sources for us current wildfire locations and perimeters viirs and modis hot spots wildfire conditions red flag warnings and wildfire potential each of these layers provides insight into where a fire is located its intensity and the surrounding areas susceptibility to wildfire. Users can subscribe to email alerts bases on their area. This map contains four different types of data. The fires were fanned by 60 mph winds in california s wine country.

Fire data is available for download or can be viewed through a map interface. As firefighters continue to work toward full containment of the rash of wildfires burning in northern california a new image from the advanced spaceborne thermal emission and reflection radiometer aster instrument on nasa s terra.