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
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