Maxar Technologies captured today (September 14) collected a set of satellite images of the August Complex wildfire, burning to the west of Chico, California and near the northern California coast.
The high off-nadir collections (satellite images collected at a steep angle) taken by Maxar’s WorldView-2 satellite provide a dramatic view of the extensive line of fires burning to the north of Big Signal Peak (39.528N, 123.06W) and towering clouds of smoke. The August Complex fire became the largest fire in California history late last week and covers more than 750,000 acres.
Satellite image ©2020 Maxar Technologies.