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Dec 10 at 2am, NASA’s Landsat 8 satellite captured this image, combining shortwave and near-infrared data, showing fires raging near Sydney. The white line near the top is 25km across. (1752×3508)

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[–] x0x7 1 points (+1|-0)

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Fires produce short wave? Or maybe that helps image the terrain.

[–] pembo210 [OP] 0 points (+0|-0)

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Yeah, they had to use it for the terrain mapping. It's still real smokey and direct imaging is difficult.