Plumes of billowing smoke from the #CaliforniaWildfires stretch eastwards toward to the Rocky Mountains. pic.twitter.com/hGNO9XQbjB

— Ricky Arnold (@astro_ricky) August 6, 2018

Smoke from 250 miles above. These images of the Carr and Ferguson fires in California were captured from the vantage point of European Space Agency (@europeanspaceagency) astronaut Alexander Gerst (@Astro_Alex_ESA) and NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold (@Astro_Ricky) from the International Space Station (@ISS). Over 4,300 personnel are working to battle the fires in California. Satellite data and emergency response tools enabled by space technology are helping first responders in the field. From a satellite instrument that can provide better estimates of the amounts of particles fires release into the air to tracking fires all over the planet, data gathered in space can have a real impact to saving lives here on Earth. Credit: @Astro_Alex_ESA | @Astro_Ricky #nasa #space #earth #fire #forestfire #esa #astronaut #spacestation #carr #ferguson #california #smoke #science #satellite #earth

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California burning. These fires are frightening to watch, even from space. Here's a shout-out from space to all firefighters on this planet, my former colleagues. Stay safe my friends! pic.twitter.com/y7PNmR006b

— Alexander Gerst (@Astro_Alex) August 3, 2018

Smoke from 250 miles above. This image of the Carr and Ferguson fires was captured from the vantage point of @ESA astronaut @Astro_Alex on Aug. 3 from the International @Space_Station. Details: https://t.co/7YF116Jzij pic.twitter.com/BubwhEOkBY

— NASA (@NASA) August 6, 2018