Australia Fires From Space Nasa
Wildfires are pictured surrounding Sydney Australia in this Jan.
Australia fires from space nasa. The wildfires ravaging parts of Australia can be seen from space in new satellite images released by NASA. A photograph taken by the International Space Station shows bushfires raging across Australia. Exceptional heat fueled fires across Australia in January 2013.
This crisis has been unfolding for years. At the time the space station was roughly 269 miles 433 kilometers above Australia at the time NASA said in the tweet. Tasmania and New South Wales were among the hardest-hit areas.
Potent wildfires sent one of the largest plumes of smoke higher into the stratosphere than certain satellites have ever observed. Tech Science Australia Wildfires Extreme weather Natural disasters NASA astronaut Christina Koch has captured spectacular and terrifying images of Australia from the International Space Station. Caption by Adam Voiland.
Fires like the 100277-hectare Lutz Creek fire in British Columbia in August 2018 and the Camp Fire in California in November 2018 which burned more than 142000 acres exact a. Australias capital Canberra was enveloped in a smoky haze Sunday and air quality at. Nearly 100 fires have torched an area bigger than Connecticut in New South Wales.
Australia on Fire. This NASA satellite image shows the extent of Australias devastating wildfires. Over the last few weeks bushfires have swept across Australia with 367 million acres burning in New South Wales alone.
Published Aug 31 2021. NASA Earth Observatory released two images taken six months apart of southeastern Australia where some of the most severe fires are burning. The crisis has already taken 20 peoples lives and countless animals lives.