#sofaryetstillclos

| Distant Mapping |

Though far away, there’s still a lot you can see, as the NASA Earth Observatory notes :

On August 17, 2016, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 acquired an image (above) of dense smoke plumes roughly 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Mosul. There appear to be multiple sources of fire, most likely oil wells from the Qayyarah oil field. The images in the grid below show the plumes changing direction and thickness since they were first spotted by Landsat 8 on June 14.

This series of LANDSAT images can be great tools for providing warnings ahead of time and the trail they are taking in order to assist with evacuation if the situation persists.

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=88666