Today Satellite Image Of California Wildfires

A natural color image of the czu lightening complex fires near santa cruz california taken on aug.

Today satellite image of california wildfires.

To view the official analyses by noaa meteorologists please see the hazard mapping system fire and smoke product. Satellite image 2020 maxar technologies. This map contains four different types of data. 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.

19 a surge in carbon emissions from california was the highest in the 18 year satellite record of reliable wildfire emissions monitoring. 21 2020 shows the dense smoke now covering much of california. 5 of 9 satellite image 2020. Hit reload to view the latest data images are updated every 30 minutes.

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 data is provided by calfire. These fires already amplified by a warming. This combination of satellite images shows the lnu lightning complex wildfire burning to the west of healdsburg in sonoma county california on aug.

Burned vegetation appears in shades of orange rust while healthy not burned vegetation appears in blue. Probable fires will appear as sharp white spots in the reflectivity images. Fire origins mark the fire fighter s best guess of where the fire started. Active fires and hot spots glow orange yellow.

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. This infrared satellite image shows the river fire in monterey county california on august 21 2020. Explore recent images of storms wildfires property and more. Click on image to enlarge.

These images are considered raw data with no analysis of fires and or smoke.