Australia Fires From Space Station
Astronauts spot smoke from growing Australian wildfires from space.
Australia fires from space station. Commander Chris Hadfield has been taking some stunning photos from the International Space Station. The wildfires are pictured surrounding Sydney Australia. It will also be moving considerably faster than a typical airplane airplanes generally fly at about 600 miles per hour.
3 2020 photo taken by the Expedition 61 astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Images taken on Jan. Astronauts send out hearts and thoughts from Space Station AUSTRALIA remains in the grip of one of the worst bushfires on record.
You will see the fires grow over t. Including two never before seen images. The wildfires which began September have so far killed at least 25.
4 2020 --- Smoke from bushfires blankets the southeast coastline of Australia as the International Space Station orbited 269 miles above the above the Tasman Sea. Four photos of Australia from space before and after the bushfires. At the time the space station was roughly 269 miles 433 kilometers above Australia at the time NASA said in the tweet.
We pulled four before-and-after NASA satellite images and asked a bushfire researcher to reflect on the story they tell. Australian fires seen from space in dramatic NASA satellite images Pictures taken from the International Space Station and a satellite show vast clouds of smoke blowing across the fire. Wildfires are pictured surrounding Sydney Australia in this Jan.
International Space Station ISS Commander Luca Parmitano photographed the Australia firesfrom 250 miles 402km up in space. The space station flies at 17500 miles per hour. Nasa Earth Observatory HandoutEPA.