Satellites watch wildfires rage across Canadian northwest (photos) | Space
Aug 17, 2023 · Satellite images reveal the scope of devastating wildfires in the Canadian northwest where an entire capital city had to be evacuated due to approaching flames.
Striking Views From Space Reveal the Ferocity and Wide Scope of ...
Jul 17, 2023 · As of Sunday, July 16, 881 wildfires were blazing there, according to data from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. Since the start of the year, 4,157 fires have burned across nearly 39,000 square miles of land — an area slightly bigger than the State of Maine.
Powerful wildfires devastating Canada captured in satellite imagery | Space
Jul 25, 2024 · Smoke from the Canadian wildfires obscures the skies above North America, drifting further east across Canada and down into the northern United States, captured by NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite on...
NASA Images Show Smoke and Scorched Earth from Wildfires
May 9, 2023 · In images taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA 's Terra satellite, the huge plumes of gray smoke can be seen billowing out across the landscape from the...
Canadian wildfire smoke dims vision of Earth-observing satellites ...
Jun 8, 2023 · Smoke from Canadian wildfires has obscured the view of Earth-monitoring satellites like GOES-16 and the PlanetScope constellation.
Fires Burn Across Quebec - NASA Earth Observatory
Jun 5, 2023 · An unusually intense start to Canada’s wildfire season filled skies with smoke in May 2023. Then, at the beginning of June, scores of new fires raged in the eastern Canadian province of Quebec, some of which were ignited by lightning.
Smoke from Canadian wildfires seen from the International Space …
Jun 9, 2023 · Satellite images captured from the International Space Station showed smoke from Canada's raging wildfires spreading into the U.S. In recent days, people along the East Coast were urged to...
WildFireSat: monitoring wildfires in Canada - Canadian Space …
May 17, 2023 · WildFireSat: monitoring wildfires in Canada. 2023-05-17 – What is WildFireSat? This Canadian initiative will enhance Canada's ability to manage wildfires in the country. It aims to monitor all active wildfires in Canada from space on a daily basis.
Canadian Wildfire Smoke Was So Widespread it Was Visible …
May 27, 2023 · A huge "smokestorm" from blazing Canadian wildfires made headlines around the world recently. Now, NASA imagery shows the smoke was so thick and widespread it was visible to a spacecraft nearly a million miles from Earth.
What Alberta’s massive wildfires look like from space
May 12, 2023 · Newly released satellite photos show the massive extent of wildfires blazing in Alberta as the province continues its fight to extinguish them. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric...