Wildfire season is cranking up, and smoke was filling the western skies of the United States this week, as seen from NOAA’s GOESEast in this ImageOfTheDay. Learn more:
Smoke Fills the Sky Below the GOES East Satellite
Wildfire season is cranking up, and smoke was filling the western skies of the United States this week. On June 8, 2021, NOAA’s GOES East satellite viewed several fires in the states of California, New Mexico, Idaho, Utah and Arizona. Some of the largest, in Arizona and New Mexico, have burned more than 200,000 acres of land. Sensors on GOES satellites can allow authorities to spot wildfires before they are spotted by the human eye by detecting smoke in remote areas and thermal hot spots from recently sparked fires.In this zoomed-in imagery from GOES West, you can clearly see the smoke plume from the largest wildfire burning in Utah---the Bear Fire. During its first 24 hours, it had reportedly burned more than 1,900 acres, and was 0% contained as of Wednesday morning.
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