Disastrous satellite images taken by NASA show the Los Angeles wildfires spiraling out of control from space.
An image taken by NASA's Sentinel 2 satellite after the Palisades Fire broke out Tuesday morning shows a thick band of gray smoke floating over Los Angeles County and blowing all the way to the coast. According to NASA.
According to CalFire, smoke from the Palisades fire continues to flow toward the Pacific Ocean, with NASA's Aqua satellite observing smoke emanating far beyond the coastline that afternoon as the fire scorched more than 11,000 acres in its first day. I took a photo.
As the fire raged on, NASA astronaut Don Pettit on the International Space Station captured yet another astonishing image of the fire.
of photographThis photo taken on Friday shows the hills of Los Angeles County lit up from space.
Multiple wildfires have broken out in Southern California since Tuesday, burning at least 39,000 acres (an area near Brooklyn), but firefighters have barely managed to get out.
The Sunset Fire was extinguished and the Kenneth and Hearst fires were more than 50% under control, but the Palisades and Eaton fires continued to rage in Los Angeles Sunday.
The fires have killed at least 16 people and forced the evacuation of another 200,000 people.
The death toll includes 11 deaths in the Eaton Fire and five deaths in the Palisades Fire, according to the county coroner's office.
The cause of death is being investigated as fire.
The fire has destroyed more than 12,000 buildings and tens of thousands of Los Angeles residents remain under evacuation orders.
