Australia Fires From Space December 2019
On 10 December 2019 the fire impacted the south-western Sydney suburbs of Nattai and Oakdale followed by Orangeville and Werombi threatening hundreds of.
Australia fires from space december 2019. The fire situation. 21 December 2019. Guardian Australia can reveal 2019 is likely to be a standout year for the number of bushfires that generate giant thunderstorm clouds known as pyrocumulonimbus or pyroCBs.
Currently a record number of bushfires are burning in the state of New South Wales in Australia. NASAs Aqua satellite used its Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer to capture this view of wildfires raging on Australias eastern coast on Dec. Sentinel 2ESA The scope of the fires is hard to comprehend.
At least 25 people have been killed and more than 63000 square miles burned since the fires began in September 2019. This overlay shows a 3D visualization of all the fires Australia has witnessed in this season with its map laid on top of the Google map of Europe thats how large Australias size actually is. However it was reported in mid-January that the main cause of the December 2019 fires in Tasmania was arson with a Tasmanian Fire Service spokesperson quoted as saying Approximately 21000 of the 35000 hectares burnt is a result of deliberately lit fires.
How heat and drought turned Australia into a tinderbox see the devastation of Australias summer of fire from space. The European Space Agencys Sentinel-2 satellite took this image of growing bushfires while passing over Bateman Bay on New Years Eve. Australian Bureau of Meteorology Burning Australia.
As of 1630 0512 GMT 24 roads and highways in NSW were affected by fire according to a government website. The wildfires were fueled by. A satellite image of Batemans Bay from December 31 2019.
The fires created unprecedented damage destroying more than 14 million acres of land and killing more than 20 people and an estimated 1 billion animals. The 2019 fires may already be the new normal. Climate change has already increased the likelihood of severe fire events such as the 20192020 fire season by at least 30 percent SN.