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NASA's ECOSTRESS Sees Fire-Induced Tornado From Space
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NASA's ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) has imaged a temperature profile of an area surrounding a fire-induced tornado in Loyalton, California. A 20,000-acre wildfire early on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020, had been the source of the tornado. Fire tornados are rare occurrences and happen due to the most unfavorable weather conditions: harsh winds and a surge in heat from a fire.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineNASA's ECOSTRESS Sees Fire-Induced Tornado From Space. NASA/JPL, 2020-08-27. Public domain. ID: PIA23215.
