Air quality pm 2 5 information from official monitors is shown as circles air quality pm 2 5 information from temporary monitors placed by agencies during smoke events is show as triangles air quality pm 2 5 information from low cost sensors is shown as squares large fire incidents as fire icons satellite fire detections as small glowing points and smoke plume.
Satellite map of california right now.
The fires locations are approximates.
The ineractive map makes it easy to navitgate around the globe.
This map contains four different types of data.
The map below shows live updates on the position and conditions of the california wildfires.
See the latest california enhanced weather satellite map including areas of cloud cover.
How to use this map.
California looks like a nightmare from space right now by mark kaufman 2020 08 23 15 33 43 utc the second and third largest fires in california history are now burning at the same time.
This map created by cal fire provides general locations of major fires burning in california.
Here s what to know about some of the biggest fires burning in california right now.
Fire perimeter and hot spot data.
Fire perimeter data are generally collected by a combination of aerial sensors and on the ground information.
Landsat 8 orbits the earth every 99 minutes.
There are two major types of current fire information.
These data are used to make highly accurate perimeter maps for firefighters and other emergency personnel but are generally updated only once every 12 hours.
Fire origins mark the fire fighter s best guess of where the fire started.
This means that every area of land on earth is imaged at least once every 16 days.
The data is provided by calfire.
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