True-color imagery from the CSPP Geosphere site, above, is annotated to identify a wildfire in progress. This is one of several fires over Oregon, as evidenced by the widespread smoke that is present across the region. The animation below, shows the evolution during the day of the fires. Pyrocumulonimbus (PyroCB)... Read More

True-color imagery, above, shows the evolution of the Remington Fire in extreme northern Wyoming on 22 August 2024. (Geography note: The Wyoming/Montana border in the image is at 45oN Latitude). The initial report for this fire occurred at 8:07 AM (MDT)/1407 UTC on 22 August 2024 (note that the time... Read More

GOES-18 True-Color imagery, above, from the CSPP Geosphere website (link to animation above), shows convection moving over northeastern Wyoming, leaving in its wake a series of smoke plumes: wildfires caused by lightning. The screenshots below were captured from the Real Earth instance of NGFS imagery (link), and they show LightningCast probability and Flash... Read More

The Park Fire developed to the northeast of Chico California on 24 July. Day Night Band visible (0.7 µm) imagery, below (from here), shows the fire over the course of the next four days. It grew very quickly on the 25th and 26th. It appears that by the overnight hours... Read More