You’ve probably heard it a few times already: The wildfire raging north of Yosemite National Park has burned 149,780 acres, an area as big as Chicago.
Today, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a couple of photographs taken by the Suomi NPP satellite over the weekend.
One of them is a nighttime shot that is just stunning. It shows the Rim Fire looking just as bright as San Francisco and a plume of smoke emerging from it:
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This image was taken by the Suomi NPP satellite’s Day-Night Band around 0950Z on August 23, 2013.
This image was taken by the Suomi NPP satellite’s Day-Night Band around 0950Z on August 23, 2013.
We’ll leave you with another extraordinary shot. This one was tweeted by NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, who is currently on the International Space Station:
h/t: Wired
Article source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/08/26/215880140/look-the-california-rim-fire-as-seen-from-space?ft=1&f=1001