Fire Burning in Oil Fields for Days Gives Off Smoke Visible From Space
Images of the oil field fire are stunning.
— -- Striking new photos released by NASA show how far the smoke from a fire at an oil field in Libya has traveled.
NASA's Earth Observatory released the photos taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer sensors on two different satellites.
The smoke is shown drifting over the Mediterranean Sea and reaching a different part of Libya across the water.
The space agency said the smoke was first visible from the satellites Dec. 26, but the photos they released were taken on the 29th and 30th, showing how the fire in the port city of was still raging.