Pacific Northwest Satellite Images Of Oregon Fires

During the day the imagery looks approximately as it would appear when viewed with human eyes from space.

Pacific northwest satellite images of oregon fires. A large fire as defined by the national wildland coordinating group is any wildland fire in timber 100 acres or greater and 300 acres or greater in grasslands rangelands or has an incident management team assigned to it. A stunning 3 1 million acres have burned this year in california noaa nasa s suomi npp satellite captured these series of images made into an animated gif showing the winds changing. The northwest fire location map displays active fire incidents within oregon and washington. Satellite images recently shared by the national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa show massive amounts of smoke engulfing the western coast of the united states and extending hundreds of miles over the pacific ocean as dozens of wildfires continue to ravage california oregon and washington and create dangerous air quality.

A couple from oregon who lost their home in the state s devastating wildfires last month are lead plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit filed against the pacific power utility and its parent company.