NASA spends plenty of time peering into space, but the agency’s high-powered tools can also provide some serious help to us here on Earth. With deadly wildfires raging out of control in California, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is using satellites to map the progress of the various blazes, giving disaster management officials vital info in the process.
In a new post on its website, JPL shows how it processes satellite images to easily spot where fires have changed the landscape. This gives responders a good idea of where a fire is moving and how well it’s been contained.
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Here’s how NASA is helping deal with the California wildfires originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 13 Nov 2018 at 16:04:25 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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