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The data collected by FIRMS are presented as a free web mapping service, with the active fire locations if any overlaid on a map. [1] The detections are displayed on top of a static background layer and each visualized detection is clickable to display its data, such as detection time, coordinates, satellite and instrument.
The second and third largest fires in California history are now burning at the same time. The Golden State — a region with long, dry, and sunny Mediterranean summers — naturally burns each year.
July 29: The recently docked Nauka space station module experienced a computer glitch that caused it to fire its thrusters, causing the space station to be rotated end-over-end one and a half times; a "spacecraft emergency" was called for the first time in the history of the program by flight director Zebulon Scoville. [65]
[1] [2] Astronauts have also died while training for space missions, such as the Apollo 1 launch pad fire that killed an entire crew of three. There have also been some non-astronaut fatalities during spaceflight-related activities.
The National Weather Service office in Los Angeles is warning that Santa Ana winds will bring the "highest possible" fire danger to the majority of Los Angeles and Ventura counties in Southern ...
The latest data from Cal Fire revealed that more than 1,400 households in the area were impacted by the fire. While the area has a daytime population of nearly 10,000, Cal Fire said over 5,600 ...
Center right: A plasma trail from the Space Shuttle Atlantis during re-entry into Earth's atmosphere, as seen from the International Space Station. Bottom left: A fire in a fire pit; fires may produce plasma if hot enough. Bottom right: The Sun's corona as seen from a solar eclipse in France.
We're all in space right now and we're all crew mates. There are no passengers on spaceship Earth and as crew mates, we have a responsibility to mind the ship and to take care of our fellow crew ...