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<\/a>GOES-17 “Red” Visible (0.64 \u00b5m)<\/em> images [click to play animation | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector<\/strong><\/a> GOES-17 (GOES-West)<\/em> “Red” Visible (0.64 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images (above)<\/strong><\/em> revealed the southwestward motion of a dark smoke cloud resulting from a gas explosion and fire in South Los Angeles, California on the morning of 17 March 2019.<\/p>\n A sequence of 5-minute “Red” Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) and Shortwave Infrared (3.9 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images from both GOES-17 and GOES-16 (GOES-East)<\/em> is shown below. It’s interesting to note that a distinct thermal anomaly (or fire “hot spot”) of 21.8\u00baC (darker orange enhancement)<\/em> was apparent at 1502 UTC<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 and 1512 UTC<\/strong><\/a> in the GOES-16 Shortwave Infrared imagery — but not in the corresponding 3.9 \u00b5m images from GOES-17 (GOES-16 vs GOES-17: 1502 UTC<\/strong><\/a> | 1512 UTC<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n In addition, the underlying mostly-urban landscape appeared a bit brighter<\/em> in the GOES-16 Visible images, further enhancing the contrast between the dark smoke cloud and the surface (GOES-16 vs GOES-17 at 1517 UTC<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n