![\"GOES-16](\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/04\/170425_goes16_visible_shortwaveIR_GA_fires_zoom_anim.gif\")
<\/a>GOES-16 “Blue” Visible (0.47 \u00b5m, top), “Red” Visible (0.64 \u00b5m, center) and Shortwave Infrared (3.9 \u00b5m, bottom) images, with hourly surface plots in yellow [click to play animation]<\/p><\/div>** The GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testing. **<\/em><\/p>\n A daytime comparison of GOES-16 ABI<\/strong><\/a> “Blue” Visible (0.47 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>), “Red” Visible (0.64 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) and Shortwave Infrared (3.9 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images (above; <\/strong>also available as an MP4 animation<\/a>)<\/strong><\/em> displayed the smoke plume and “hot spots” (black to yellow to red pixels)<\/em> associated with the West Mims Fire<\/strong><\/a> that was burning in far southeastern Georgia on 25 April 2017<\/strong><\/a> (this fire complex had been burning since 06 April, during which time the drought conditions<\/strong><\/a> had been worsening across that region). Downwind of the fire, in far northeastern Florida, smoke reduced the surface visibility to 2 miles at Jacksonville<\/strong><\/a> and 5 miles at Fernandina Beach<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n During the subsequent nighttime hours — as the fires were beginning to decrease in both intensity and areal coverage — a comparison of “Snow\/Ice” Near-Infrared (1.61 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>), “Cloud-Top Phase” Near-Infrared (2.24 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) and Shortwave Infrared (3.9 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images (below;<\/strong> also available as an MP4 animation<\/a>)<\/strong> <\/em>showed that a bright glow from the most intense fires was evident in both of the Near-Infrared spectral bands.<\/p>\n