Here’s an eye-opening satellite photo captured by NASA showing the wildfires and smoke “dominating” the landscape of the western United States. NASA’s Aqua captured the visible (left) and infrared (right) images on September 29th.
The visible imagery shows the widespread smoke blanketing much of California, while the infrared imagery shows heat from the wildfires as […]. petapixel.com
The recent wildfires in California have damaged 23,713 acres of land since its start on January 7, with about 5,316 structures damaged or destroyed, NBC News states. In addition to the Palisades Fire, three more regions saw flames engulfing infrastructure, rending many homeless: the Eaton Fire, the Hurst Fire, and the Auto Fire.
Amid the devastation of the L.A. wildfires, heartbreaking individual stories are emerging such as a 91-year-old photographer in Altadena who estimates he has lost over 80,000 photos stored on hard drives. [Read More]
In a sobering what-are-the-odds assignment, Reuters sent freelance photographer Carlin Stiehl to document a safe haven for horses and other animals as Los Angeles battled deadly wildfires.
On Thursday, a civilian-operated drone collided with a firefighting "Super Scooper" airplane while it was operating above the Palisades Fire, the FAA reports. The plane was able to land safely but the incident is still under investigation. [Read More]
“I’m in the midst of it right now,” said veteran fire photographer David Swanson Wednesday morning from the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California. [Read More]
Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Swanson documents California wildfires for a global audience, taking pictures and video at the same time. [Read More]
The Park Fire is currently the largest fire in California right now, with more than 350,000 acres burned as of Sunday. It has destroyed 134 structures including one wildfire camera tower that caught images of itself being consumed as the fire tore through the area. [Read More]