Satellite Image Of California Fires Right Now

Fire origins mark the fire fighter s best guess of where the fire started.

Satellite image of california fires right now.

The space agency s terra. See current wildfires and wildfire perimeters on the fire weather avalanche center wildfire map. Explore recent images of storms wildfires property and more. This map contains four different types of data.

More on the western wildfires. Interactive real time wildfire map for the united states including california oregon washington idaho arizona and others. Fire perimeter and hot spot data. These data are used to make highly accurate perimeter maps for firefighters and other emergency personnel but are generally updated only once every 12 hours.

Satellite images show massive amounts of smoke engulfing the west coast of the u s. 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 second and third largest fires in california history are now burning at the same time along with over 500 other fires. For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data.

The golden state a region with long dry and sunny mediterranean. The data is provided by calfire. 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. Recent satellite images released by nasa vividly show the impact of california s huge lightning sparked wildfires not just across the state but across the country.

Fire perimeter data are generally collected by a combination of aerial sensors and on the ground information. And extending hundreds of miles over the pacific ocean. There are two major types of current fire information.