Satellite Map Of California Right Now

See the latest california enhanced weather satellite map including areas of cloud cover.

Satellite map of california right now.

Landsat 8 orbits the earth every 99 minutes. Explore recent images of storms wildfires property and more. This map created by cal fire provides general locations of major fires burning in california. Fire perimeter data are generally collected by a combination of aerial sensors and on the ground information.

The map below shows live updates on the position and conditions of the california wildfires. Fire origins mark the fire fighter s best guess of where the fire started. Air quality pm 2 5 information from official monitors is shown as circles air quality pm 2 5 information from temporary monitors placed by agencies during smoke events is show as triangles air quality pm 2 5 information from low cost sensors is shown as squares large fire incidents as fire icons satellite fire detections as small glowing points and smoke plume. Newest earth maps street view satellite map get directions find destination real time traffic information 24 hours view now.

The fires locations are approximates. The ineractive map makes it easy to navitgate around the globe. Here s what to know about some of the biggest fires burning in california right now. Fire perimeter and hot spot data.

The satellite orbits at an altitude of 705 kilometers above the earth in a near polar orbit around the earth from north pole to south pole. The data is provided by calfire. This means that every area of land on earth is imaged at least once every 16 days. There are two major types of current fire information.

This map contains four different types of data. Zoom earth shows live weather satellite images updated in near real time and the best high resolution aerial views of the earth in a fast zoomable map.