Satellite View Of Smoke On West Coast

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.

Satellite view of smoke on west coast.

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. 9 2020 by the modis instrument on nasa s terra satellite. Noaa nasa s suomi npp satellite captured images of smoke.

That s a distance of nearly 2 000 miles. Smoke from wildfires is so bad it can be seen from space and it s blanketing the entire west coast satellite images show. Here is a satellite view from midday thursday of the smoke generated from west coast fires drifting offshore. Above images from the goes west satellite.

But noaa s satellites capture a view saturday that shows just how enormous the blanket of smoke. That is more than quadruple the number of acres burned in 2. Track storms hurricanes and wildfires. Satellite views show wildfire smoke from west coast has spread all the way to michigan.

The national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa posted a. Copious clouds of smoke spill off the california coast and travel almost 600 miles in nasa s terra satellite image from august 19 2020. Today s view of the large smoke layer along the u s. Satellite images of california fires show.

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. View live satellite images for free.