Wildfire Smoke Satellite Images Of California Fires 2020

This composite image shows how the states looked on august 8 compared to september 8.

Wildfire smoke satellite images of california fires 2020.

Satellite images from noaa show massive swaths of smoke emitting from wildfires dotted across california and oregon. In august 2020 california is facing several major fires including the lnu lightning complex fire which grew into the second largest wildfire in california history. An image from nasa s suomi npp satellite on monday aug. 22 2020 shows yellow and red areas indicating heavy levels of aerosols from california wildfire smoke extending all the way to.

These fires already amplified by a warming. Noaa nasa s suomi npp satellite captured these series of images made into an animated gif showing the winds changing direction on sep. The state s heat waves droughts and lightning all played a. Chiu ap between monday and wednesday the west coast fires killed at least seven people including a 12 year old boy and his grandmother in marion county oregon and a 1 year old boy in northeastern washington.

A plume of smoke from the el dorado fire is seen from interstate 10 in loma linda california on september 5 2020. 19 2020 noaa s goes west satellite captured the above geocolor image loop of massive wildfire smoke plumes billowing from california and areas of the rocky mountains. 19 a surge in carbon emissions from california was the highest in the 18 year satellite record of reliable wildfire emissions monitoring. 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.

Vegetation is shown in red. Smoke from the bobcat and el dorado fires burning in southern california continues to blanket the region prompting the south coast air quality management district to issue its 10th straight day.