Timelapse of California wildfires from space
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) shared a time-lapse from space of the California wildfires that started on Tuesday afternoon. (Credit: Facebook / Cooperative Institute for Atmospheric Research)
The Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) recently shared shocking time-lapse footage taken from space. Wildfires in Californiawhich went up in flames on Tuesday afternoon and have already caused 100,000 people to flee their homes.
The eight wildfires in the LA area – the Palisades Fire, the Eaton Fire, the Hurst Fire, the Olivas Fire, the Lidia Fire, the Scout Fire, the Sunset Fire and the Woodley Fire – threaten at least 28,000 structures. Fox News Digital reports this.
Firefighters battle the Eaton fire in Altadena, California, USA, on Wednesday, January 8, 2025. The most destructive wind storm to hit the Los Angeles area in fourteen years is fueling wildfires and sending thousands of residents fleeing for their lives. The dangerous wind gusts are expected to continue for at least two more days. (Jill Connelly/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Images from CIRA satellites show the Palisades Fire outbreak near Malibu and Santa Monica on Tuesday around 10:30 a.m. local time.
Timelapse of California wildfires from space (Cooperative Institute for Atmospheric Research)
“The Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire continue their rapid growth in the area Los Angeles as both have scorched more than 10,000 hectares,” CIRA wrote in a post on Wednesday evening.
Satellites from NOAA’s GOES West (GOES-18) satellite showed the smoke and heat signatures of the wildfires on Tuesday and Wednesday.
‘The devastating one #PalisadesFire And #EatonFire continue to burn in parts of Southern California today,” NOAA captioned the video, which was posted to Instagram Wednesday afternoon.
ALTADENA, CA – JANUARY 08: The brick frame of Altadena Hardware still stands Wednesday, January 8, 2025 after the Eaton Fire burned through downtown Altadena. More than 1,000 structures have burned, killing two people, in wildfires fueled by intense Santa Ana winds in LA County. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)
The fires in Eaton and Hurst followed hours later and have burned more than 27,000 acres combined since 9 p.m. Wednesday, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
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The other fires, which started Wednesday in Los Angeles, Riverside and Ventura counties, have burned more than 1,000 acres and are expected to grow, according to officials. Everything except the Lidia Fire is 0% under control.
HOLLYWOOD, CA – JANUARY 08: The Hollywood Sign is seen with smoke from multiple wildfires on January 8, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
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There were more than 3 million without electricity in Los Angeles County Wednesday afternoon, Fox News Digital reported.
