9 2020 by the modis instrument on nasa s terra satellite.
Satellite view of west coast fires at night.
The red contour is the dense smoke near the west coast a satellite image shows smoke from the western wildfires stretching as far east as michigan.
Two images taken shortly after midnight local california time 0713 utc 12 13 a m.
At night the blue colors represent liquid water clouds such as fog and stratus while gray to.
The smoke has been wrapped at least 1 000 miles west into a cyclone and.
During the day the imagery looks approximately as it would appear when viewed with human eyes from space.
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Geocolor is a multispectral product composed of true color using a simulated green component during the daytime and an infrared product that uses bands 7 and 13 at night.
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Pdt on sunday show several places where the active fires were likely occurring that night.
I didn t think the satellite images of the west coast fires could get more jaw dropping and alarming.
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A satellite photo taken saturday shows a pall of smoke from wildfires ravaging the west coast stretching across the united states as far as michigan.
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Smoke from wildfires blankets much of the west coast in this photo captured on sept.
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The national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa posted a satellite video friday that shows smoke taking over the entire west coast as massive wildfires burn across multiple states.