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By Elijah Mt. Castle Multiple wildfires in Sequoia National Park have burned a total of 43,375 acres. The park is home to the world's largest tree by volume, the General Sherman Tree. Sequoia trees are the largest species of trees by volume and can live to be over...

By Elijah Mt. Castle The Bootleg fire in Oregon is the largest active fire in the United States. The fire started on July 6th and has burned 232,763 acres since it started. The fire has destroyed 21 homes and 54 other structures and is threatening 1,900 others....

By Elijah Mt. Castle The Willow Fire in the Big Sur region of California is 19% contained. The fire started in Los Padres National Forest and has caused a closure of the area. The Forest Service has put a $5,000 fine and/or six months jail time on anyone who attempts...

by Chris Elvidge and Feng Chi Hsu (map by Elijah Mt. Castle) 2020 was the worst fire season on record for the State of Colorado. The Cameron Peak Fire, rated as the state's largest, broke records by consuming 208,663 acres, forced evacuation of over 20,000 residents,...

By Chris Elvidge The Colorado School of Mines' Earth Observation Group produces global fishing boat detection data in near-real time from low light imaging data collected by the NASA / NOAA Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS).  The detections are...

By Tamara Sparks An Iranian navy warship that caught fire in the early hours of June 2 and sank near the port of Jask was detected by EOG’s VIIRS Nightfire (VNF) product. VNF detected a fire at 2:02 local time with the NOAA-20 satellite VIIRS instrument in two...

By Elijah Mt. Castle The Canadian province of Manitoba has been experiencing multiple wildfires over the last couple of weeks. Dry conditions are to blame for the fires. As of May 14th, all blazes have been contained. The most recent wildfire sparked the 13th and grew...