Satellite View Of Smoke On West Coast

Satellite views show wildfire smoke from west coast has spread all the way to michigan.

Satellite view of smoke on west coast.

Copious clouds of smoke spill off the california coast and travel almost 600 miles in nasa s terra satellite image from august 19 2020. 9 2020 by the modis instrument on nasa s terra satellite. In the year 2020 california has already seen 5 762 incidents affecting 204 481 acres 319 sq. Smoke from historic west coast wildfires is so vast and thick that it traveled more than 1 000 miles into the swirl of a pacific storm.

Following a zoomed out view showing the sheer size of the resulting smoke cloud forming a vast cyclone spreading into the pacific. Satellite images of california fires show. That s a distance of nearly 2 000 miles. Today s view of the large smoke layer along the u s.

But noaa s satellites capture a view saturday that shows just how enormous the blanket of smoke. Here is a satellite view from midday thursday of the smoke generated from west coast fires drifting offshore. The national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa posted a. Smoke from wildfires blankets much of the west coast in this photo captured on sept.

View live satellite images for free. Above images from the goes west satellite. That is more than quadruple the number of acres burned in 2. Track storms hurricanes and wildfires.

More smoke from the west coast s ferocious firestorm is expected to waft into europe as the blazes continue to belch pollutants into the atmosphere. A satellite photo taken saturday shows a pall of smoke from wildfires ravaging the west coast stretching across the united states as far as michigan.