Australia Fires From Space Station

Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano shared this image of an ash cloud over Australia on Jan.

Australia fires from space station. Smoke from the Australian bushfires. Images taken on Jan. At the time the space station was roughly 269 miles 433 kilometers above Australia at the time NASA said in the tweet.

4 2020 --- Smoke from bushfires blankets the southeast coastline of Australia as the International Space Station orbited 269 miles above the above the Tasman Sea. Tech Science Australia Wildfires Extreme weather Natural disasters NASA astronaut Christina Koch has captured spectacular and terrifying images of. Wildfires are pictured surrounding Sydney Australia in this Jan.

The space station was orbiting 269 miles above the Tasman Sea. Australian bushfires visible from space. Including two never before seen images.

Image caption Bushfire smoke as seen near the International Space Station Smoke from the massive bushfires in Australia will soon circle the Earth back to the nation says Nasa. International Space Station ISS Commander Luca Parmitano photographed the Australia firesfrom 250 miles 402km up in space. Wildfires Near Sydney Australia Photographed from Space Station NASA.

It will also be moving considerably faster than a typical airplane airplanes generally fly at about 600 miles per hour. Koch who is living on the International Space Station posted several photos of the smoke from Australias fires as seen from her vantage point 250 miles 400 kilometers above Earth. Astronauts spot smoke from growing Australian wildfires from space.

The photos from the ground are devastating. Smoke from Australias unprecedented bushfires as seen from the International Space Station on January 4. Nasa Earth Observatory HandoutEPA.