View the Smoke from the California Fires From Satellite
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been making the most of its celestial perch to illustrate the scale of the fires currently burning in Southern California.
A tweet from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's @NOAASatellites Twitter handle shared a fascinating but scary model of smoke dispersion from the fires currently burning in Southern California.
NOAA scientists are working on new models using satellite data to project #smoke dispersion, this one shows the projected movement of smoke from the #California #wildfires today. Learn more about satellites: https://t.co/oVYhIsjXNx #ThomasFire #LosAngeles #Ventura pic.twitter.com/l0luTRq0Vo
— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) December 7, 2017
Published on Thursday, December 7, 2017 in
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