Stark new imagery reveals the scary extent of west coast wildfires by stephanie pappas live science contributor 10 september 2020 the fires stretch from washington to california.
West coast satellite image of fires.
Nasa s terra satellite captured this image of the west coast of the united states showing the breadth of the fire issues plaguing that area of the country.
The space agency said.
Here is a visible satellite image valid at 2pm pdt showing the vast extent of the wildfire smoke the agency tweeted saturday.
A satellite image taken wednesday shows the smoke blanketing the coast as well as a large swath of the pacific ocean.
Nasa released satellite images of thick smoke from the wildfires that continue to rampage across the california oregon and washington.
Satellites have snapped true color images of the west coast wildfires and also detected aerosols caused by the burning material.
From oregon and the fires around medford to the huge smoke plume and fire around redding to the ferguson fire near yosemite the whole of the western coast looks like it is on fire.
Nasa satellite sees fires up and down u s.
The area in the orange contour is smoke in the mid upper levels of.