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Satellite pictures of northern california fires.
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Smoke blankets northern california.
A screenshot from noaa nasa s suomi npp satellite showing.
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.
These images are considered raw data with no analysis of fires and or smoke.
Earth orbiting satellites have spotted the wildfires ripping through northern california.
Across california the three biggest fires along with about 20 other major wildfires and hundreeds of smaller ones have contributed to a statewide curtain of smoke.
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A series of massive fires in northern and central california forced more evacuations as they quickly spread darkening the skies and dangerously affecting air quality.
Satellite image 2020 maxar.
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The below image shows where different fires are burning in northern california as well as tracking the movement of smoke from the fires.
As record high temperatures hit the u s.
Arrows point to santa rosa above and san francisco below on august 20 2020.
West coast this past week wildfires began to spread rapidly in.