There are two major types of current fire information.
Satellite view of california fires live.
A natural color image of the czu lightening complex fires near santa cruz california taken on aug.
These new nasa satellite images of the wildfires show the area between los angeles and san diego california.
Using the map below you can view potential fire detection data provided by these six satellites as they monitor the state of california from space.
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.
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.
The kincade fire is the largest of several blazes that were ignited amid a string of strong california windstorms leading this week to the third major fire weather event in barely 10 days.
5 of 9 satellite image 2020.
The first image was captured by nasa s terra satellite at 2 25 p m.
Vast plumes of thick smoke can be seen blowing out over the pacific ocean.
21 2020 shows the dense smoke now covering much of california.
Each satellite has unique detection and data refresh capabilities.
Fire activity is denoted with red pixels.
Fire perimeter data are generally collected by a combination of aerial sensors and on the ground information.