Suomi NPP satellite continues to monitor Alberta's huge wildfire
Friday, May 6, 2016 - 12:31
in Earth & Climate
The Fort McMurray wildfire in Alberta, Canada, continues to burn and the smoke and heat from the intense fires are detectable by satellite. The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite carries an instrument so sensitive to low light levels that it can detect wildfires in the middle of the night as well as during the daytime and captured day and night images.