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The Los Angeles fires from space

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Sadly, this month’s fires in Los Angeles County, California, United States, have reached such magnitude that it has been possible to see them clearly from space.

NASA astronaut Don Pettit took this photograph of the fire-ravaged area from the International Space Station.

The fires appear as orange lights just above the center of the image, between two areas brightly illuminated by urban lighting.

Multiple highly destructive fires broke out in the hills of Los Angeles County in early January 2025, a situation favored by a very dry landscape and winds that blew with gusts of up to 160 kilometers per hour. (Fountain: NCYT by Amazings)

(Photo: NASA / Don Pettit)

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