Fires From Space
The earth in all its majesty and its tragedy is the subject of images taken aboard the international space station.
Fires from space. Get the latest updates on nasa missions watch nasa tv live and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. Australias deadly wildfires have killed at least 17 people since they began in september 2019 and continued into january 2020. With emergencies declared in new south wales and victoria thousands of australians are fleeing for their lives as devasting bush fires ravage australia. Theres a few of my own.
The devastation those fires have left in their wake is dramatic enough to be seen from space. Nasas jet propulsion laboratory has a group called the advanced rapid imaging and analysis team. The camp fire is the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in the states history. This image of the carr and ferguson fires was captured from the station on august 3 2018 by european space agency astronaut alexander gerst.
Australian fires seen from space in dramatic nasa satellite images pictures taken from the international space station and a satellite show vast clouds of smoke blowing across the fire ravaged country. Himawari 8 satellite sequence of 40 days of fire with ground photos. Satellites have captured images the wildfires currently devastating california. Nasa and european space agency satellites have been studying damage caused by the woolsey fire and other blazes burning across california in november of 2018.
Meanwhile the woolsey and hill. Nasagov brings you the latest images videos and news from americas space agency. The australian mega fires of 2019 has been a natural and ecological disaster of untold proportions.