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Satellite Shows Spread of California’s Caldor Fire in Time-Lapse Video

This stunning time-lapse video captured by a satellite in orbit shows the scale of the massive Caldor Fire raging near Lake Tahoe on the border of California and Nevada. The video was released by NOAA on Tuesday morning and shows the blaze burning south of Lake Tahoe with a thick plume of smoke spreading to the east. The GOES 17 satellite […]

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Firebrains | August 31, 2021
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California Wildfire Becomes First Known to Cross Sierra Nevada Mountain Range

Dixie Fire,

The Dixie Fire, currently the second-largest wildfire in California’s history, has become the first known fire to burn across the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Related: The World Is on Fire – An Overview of Current Wildfires On Wednesday, the wildfire made it from the western slopes of the Sierra across to the floor of the eastern valley, according to the […]

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Firebrains | August 20, 2021
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NASA: California’s Dixie Fire Keeps on Growing | 2nd Largest in California’s History

This article first appeared on NASA Earth Observatory and was written by Kathryn Hansen. The Dixie fire in Northern California has surpassed the Bootleg fire in Oregon to become the largest fire so far this year in the United States. As of August 9, 2021, the Dixie fire had charred 489,287 acres (765 square miles). Related: Satellite Images of Wildfire […]

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Firebrains | August 9, 2021
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