Wildfire near Argentière-la-Bessée
True color
Fire (SWIR)
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True color (left): as the eye sees it.
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Burning through coniferous forest and transitional woodland-shrub near Argentière-la-Bessée, France, an active wildfire has expanded across 504 ha (1,245 acres) over four days of activity. The incident has maintained an average daily growth of approximately 126 ha/day.
In the past 48 hours, satellites have detected 18 thermal signatures in the surrounding area, highlighting the ongoing spread and activity of the fire.
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