On 17 June 2015 the Lake Fire fire started east of San Bernardino, California (34.1º N 117.3º W). On 18 June, the large smoke plume could be seen spreading eastward on true-color images from Terra/Aqua MODIS and Suomi NPP VIIRS (above). At 15:30 UTC on 18 June it was estimated that 10,000 acres had burned […]