Image of the day
Wildfires ravaging Northern California
Earth Observation | Copernicus
Land Monitoring
Location: California, USA
Credit: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2
Over the past few days, several Northern California counties have been battling fires.
On July 27, 2024, Copernicus Senitnel-2 captured an image of the firefront in Butte County.
This image was produced using Sentinel-2's short-wave infrared (SWIR) bands, B11 and B12. Band B11 is sensitive to thermal radiation from hotspots, such as fires. The SWIR wavelengths in this band can penetrate smoke and thin clouds, allowing information to be retrieved even in the presence of smoke.
