Wildfire near Valdesamario (Jul 22)
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).
Spreading at an average rate of approximately 510 hectares per day over the past two days, an active wildfire near Valdesamario, Spain, has consumed 1,020 hectares (2,520 acres) of other natural land and broadleaf forest since it started on July 22, 2026.
Reflecting the ongoing spread, satellites have detected 29 heat signatures near the active front over the last 48 hours.
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