Timelapse footage published by the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere shows how the Palisades and Eaton Fires ignited and rapidly grew over the last two days.
Another NOAA satellite, GOES-16, also recorded the flash using its lightning sensor. Meteors are formed when small fragments of meteoroids plunge into Earth’s atmosphere at high speeds from space.
The United States satellite images displayed are infrared (IR) images. Warmest (lowest) clouds are shown in white; coldest (highest) clouds are displayed in shades of yellow, red, and purple.
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