r/spaceporn • u/Busy_Yesterday9455 • 17h ago

Wildfires burning in Los Angeles are visible in Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite image Related Content

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u/fish998 17h ago

Glad you labelled the smoke, but can we get a label for the ocean, land and fires? :p

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u/NathanArizona 16h ago

Seems to be some stationary smoke on the mountain peaks

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u/JFISHER7789 9h ago

It’s the Smoky Mountains

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u/modemman11 14h ago

don't forget to label the planet too

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u/AidanGe 13h ago

They did label the land, it says “CALIFORNIA” at the top left

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u/Sunset_Bleach 8h ago

Obviously this blue part here is the land.

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u/Whiskey_Jack 13h ago

Sentinel has 20m resolution. You can actually see every wildfire with that sensor.

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u/Strict-Childhood-629 13h ago

I'm grateful the wind is taking it to the ocean. The last fires smoked us up all the way to Arizona!

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u/Afraid_Cut5254 17h ago

Doesn’t look so bad from up there

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u/hoodieweather- 15h ago

If you can see it from space, I think it looks pretty bad.

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u/allez2015 13h ago

You can see everything from space. It all just depends which optics you are using.

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u/garbles0808 16h ago

Ehhh.. it looks pretty bad..

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u/Teh_Original 16h ago

Easy to say when it's not your home gone I suppose.

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u/SnarkAtTheMoon 8h ago

Canada In summertime: hold my beer

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u/jediyodadog 6h ago

Whats all that blue stuff?

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u/HaydenSyn 16h ago

This kind of rage bait is crazy to me