On November 9, 2019, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP satellite got a nighttime view of the fires raging in Queensland and New South Wales.

Severe drought and hot, dry winds are escalating the problem. The fires are visible in this image, acquired at 2:45 p.m. local time on December 4, 2019, by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP satellite. Australia fires: NASA claims bushfire smoke will do full lap of the earth Carbon monoxide is one the main trace gases emitted from fires and can be used to help track the path of smoke plumes. Here's the view from space by NASA satellites. At least three people have died and 150 homes have been destroyed, according to Australian media. NASA … Using data from this overpass, the NASA Disasters Program in collaboration with the Active Aerosol Plume-height (AAP) project has developed the first Australia is being ravaged by the worst wildfires seen in decades, with large swaths of the country devastated since the fire season began in July. Australia faces a nationwide crisis with 130 forest fires burning across the country.

The bottom photo, before the fire, was taken December 16, 2019. Smoke from Australia's fires has reached more than 17km above sea level and is expected to complete a circuit of the earth. Australia's deadly wildfires have killed at least 17 people since they began in September 2019 and continued into January 2020. NASA researchers are using data from the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) instrument onboard the Aura satellite to track atmospheric carbon monoxide (CO) levels from the fires in Australia. NASA satellite images show nearly a third of Australia's Kangaroo Island scorched by fires as of January 7, 2020 (top). The fires burned near the coast of New South Wales, near Canberra and areas north to the border with Queensland. Carbon monoxide can also be used to track smoke which is injected directly On December 16th, 2019 NASA’s Terra satellite flew over the eastern coast of Australia, capturing 3D data on the height of smoke plumes emanating from the fires with its Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument.