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Interesting that FIRMS doesn't seem to yet be showing the "Sunset" fire, or anything West of Griffith Park...
by pixelesque 2y ago
Interesting that FIRMS doesn't seem to yet be showing the "Sunset" fire, or anything West of Griffith Park...
- xingyzt 2y agoMaybe because FIRMS uses data from satellites in polar orbits, which only pass over the area once every few hours? With choosing near-Earth polar vs. farther geostationary orbits there's a tradeoff between space and time resolution.