These Maxar satellite images captured yesterday give a clear view of the devastation unfolding in LA. Thousands of buildings destroyed by the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire: - ThreadSky

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michaelsheetz.bsky.social • 53 days ago

These Maxar satellite images captured yesterday give a clear view of the devastation unfolding in LA.

Thousands of buildings destroyed by the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire:

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bigworker.bsky.social•53 days ago

Interesting how the houses burn so much faster than the trees

icesheetmike.bsky.social•53 days ago

This is just a big fat guess (I'm sure there's experts; defer to them), but I suspect the wind-driven nature of it causes this. Like, 50+ embers being heated in place by 90 mph winds happens easier against a flat wall than on the side of a tree.

mi-forest.bsky.social•53 days ago

Dry wood (as you would have in construction) burns faster than wet wood (as you would have in trees).

newleaf.bsky.social•52 days ago

Thanks for taking the time to add alt text....but it is not descriptive of what the images show.

Alt text is not a caption.

Pretend you're describing the image to someone who isn't able to see it. That is what it is for.

newleaf.bsky.social•52 days ago

Here's a quick example of what you *could* have done:

1) top-down aerial view of mountains on the upper right of the image, meeting a grid of streets, showing the majority of structures in the grid aflame.

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