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Erskine Fire, California

An expansive, destructive wildfire north of Los Angeles is visible from space by day and night.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using VIIRS day-night band data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership and Aqua MODIS data from the Land Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE). Suomi NPP is the result of a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Department of Defense. Caption by Kathryn Hansen.

Published June 28, 2016
Data acquired June 26, 2016

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
Suomi NPP > VIIRS