California on fire (IMAGE)

University of Utah

California on fire

Caption

An Aug. 19, 2020, satellite image of wildfires burning in Northern California. This image from Copernicus Sentinel-3 shows the extent of the smoke from a recording-setting spate of 40 fires triggered during a blistering heatwave.

Credit

European Space Agency via Spacemedia.

Usage Restrictions

No restrictions.

License

Public Domain

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