Recent fires in California have so far burned some 340,000 acres in the state.
An American flag blows in the wind in front of a burning home in Vacaville, California during the LNU Lightning Complex fire on August 19, 2020. - As of the late hours of August 18,2020 the Hennessey fire has merged with at least 7 fires and is now called the LNU Lightning Complex fires. Dozens of fires are burning out of control throughout Northern California as fire resources are spread thin.As wildfires continue to rage in California, satellite imagery shows the state covered in smoke.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA's Suomi NPP satellite has captured images of the aftermath of a series of lightning strikes that ignited several fires across northern California. "The fires range in size from 14 acres, the Beach Fire, all the way up to the largest of these fires, the Canyon Zone fire which is a complex of six fires, that is a total of 10,000 acres and 0% contained," NASA said in a recent update regarding the fires."The Loyalton fire, currently the largest fire in California, located near the Tahoe National Forest and near the border with Nevada is 43,444 acres in size and 10% contained.
The below image shows where different fires are burning in northern California, as well as tracking the movement of smoke from the fires.In the below image, taken from NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information Systems Worldview map, at least 32 fires can be seen scattered throughout California.NASA/NASA
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