Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite captures smoke from wildfires

Inside EUMETSAT
1 min readAug 21, 2020

Impressions from space as wildfires make their way through northern California.

The satellite image clearly shows the thick smoke plumes as a result of the fast-moving wildfires. Image taken 19 August 2020.

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