Space photos show fires tormenting bone-dry California

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Triple-digit temperatures and parched land have left much of California's expansive forests vulnerable to any spark or flame.

The Carr Fire, which started on July 23 after a vehicle caught fire, has spread to nearly 100,000 acres as of July 30. From hundreds of miles above, satellite images show a state besieged by an imposing plume of smoke, with a vast part of the region blanketed in a thick, brown haze. 

Vegetation in the drought-ridden terrain around the City of Redding, where the Carr Fire has prompted thousands to flee and has taken at least six lives, is now exceptionally dry.  Read more...

More about Science, California, Global Warming, Drought, and Climate Change

from Mashable https://mashable.com/2018/07/30/redding-california-carr-fire-space-photos/
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