The fires from space - NASA

[Omaroo]

Jeez.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/fires/main/world/australiafire_20090209.html

[toryglen-boy]

very saddening, yet interest pic. thank you

:thumbsup:

[wavelandscott]

Wow, do you know the scale?

How much area consumed by fire does this represent?

[sheeny]

Superb image! Mongrel of an event...

Al.

[wavelandscott]

Yes, I agree...I was showing some people the pictures and trying my best to convey the scale of it in a meanigful way...so I was wondering if there where any size estimate. No doubt it is horribly big!

[Galactic G]

I created a Google Earth Image Overlay which works pretty well at showing the scale of the fire. This overlay will grab the the 'Photo-like image' directly from NASA.

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/312498main_ausfire_20090209_photoli ke.jpg

Just open up 'Vic Fires 9 Feb 2009.zip' and place 'Vic Fires 9 Feb 2009.kmz' on the desktop. When you double click it Google Earth should start and focus on Victoria. After a few seconds the 'Photo-like image' will be downloaded from NASA and be placed properly on Google Earth.

Hope all that makes sense.

GG

EDIT: I've included 'Vic Fires HI_Full.zip' which uses the picture from the OP's aticle that shows the burnt areas in 'brick red'. View it just like the other one.

[Jen]

:scared: wow thats very big area its frightening to look at it :(

[marki]

Lets just hope something good comes out of all this and that the death toll does not get any bigger.

[leon]

Yep, that is a very sad sight, :sadeyes: such sadness and lose on all fronts. :sadeyes:

Leon :thumbsup:

Jen it is time to turn to yellow. ;)

[Jen]

Yellow it is :thumbsup:
ouch thats really hard to see :shrug: