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Wildfires in Arizona By Elijah Mt. Castle There are multiple fires burning north of Flagstaff Arizona. The fires are burning in Coconino National Forest. They threaten multiple communities, schools, and cultural landmarks. The Pipeline fire started on the 12th of...

Chinese Fishing Fleet Returns Yearly to Argentina By Elijah Mt. Castle A Chinese fishing fleet has returned to the waters around Argentina. This fleet has returned year after year to fish outside of Argentina's economic exclusion zone (EEZ). The coastal waters inside...

Largest Wildfires in New Mexico's History By Elijah Mt. Castle Wildfire season has started early in New Mexico. Multiple wildfires have been burning in the state since April. These fires have surpassed the largest fires in New Mexico's history. Dry conditions, high...

Blackout in Puerto Rico seen by VIIRS satellite By Tamara Sparks The island-wide power outage caused by a fire at a power plant in Puerto Rico is visible in satellite imagery from the VIIRS day night band. Widespread loss of lighting on April 7, 2022, indicated in...

Update on Ukraine in Dark By David Hsu Most cities in Ukraine are still in the dark - except those in eastern Ukraine near Donetsk and Luhansk in the regions under Russian control. Two noticeable clusters of new lighting surrounding Chernihiv and Bucha, suggesting...

Multiple Wildfires around Bay County Florida By Elijah Mt. Castle Multiple fires have been burning in Bay County Florida over the weekend. The Adkins Avenue fire started Friday in Bay County and is 35% contained having burned 841 acres. The Bertha Swamp Fire started...

Satellite data provides insights about the unfolding conflict in Ukraine By Feng Chi (David), Hsu Kyiv experienced a horrifying night on 2/26. The oil depot near Vasylkiv Air Base was on fire creating extremely large fire. EOG was able to detect the event with both...

Earth Observation Group is the Pioneer in Global Nighttime Lights Product Generation The Earth Observation Group (EOG) pioneered the development of monthly and annual global nighttime light products from low light imaging data collected by meteorological satellite...

VNF Detects Oil Container Explosion By Tamara Sparks VIIRS Nightfire detected the Trinity Spirit, a floating oil production, storage, and offloading vessel, which exploded and caught fire off the coast of Nigeria early on Feb 2, 2022. The Suomi NPP satellite overpass...