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Los Angeles struggles to contain wildfires

January 12, 2025

The Copernicus Sentinel-3 image capture of the Los Angeles County wildfires, courtesy of ESA.

Five wildfires – the largest of which are the Palisades and the Eaton fires – are still currently burning (as of January 10, 2025) in areas of north Los Angeles — at least 15 people are known to have lost their lives and many more properties have been destroyed by the fires.

Artistic rendition of the Copernicus-3 satellite on-orbit.

The image above was captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission on January 9, 2025, and shows the Palisades fire at lower left and the Eaton fire at upper right, with smoke seen reaching Catalina Island and the Santa Barbara reserve to the south of the fires. See also the image of 7 Jan just after fires broke out.

Copernicus Sentinel-3 measures Earth’s oceans, land, ice and atmosphere to monitor and understand large-scale global dynamics. It provides essential information in near-real time for ocean and weather forecasting.

Filed Under: Agencies, Copernicus Sentinel-3, ESA, Los Angeles County Wildfires, News, Wildfires

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