California’s Rampaging Oak Fire as Seen From Space

California’s Oak Fire, as seen by the Landsat satellite on Sunday, on July 24, 2022. The image is rendered in a simulated 3D view. (Credit: Modified Landsat data processed by Tom Yulsman using Sentinel Hub EO Browser)

So far, California’s Oak Fire blazing near Yosemite National Park has burned through through 14,281 acres — an area equivalent to the size of Manhattan Island. That makes it California’s biggest wildfire this season.

As of Sunday, July 24, it has forced at least 3,000 people to evacuate, has destroyed 10 structures, some of them homes, and is completely uncontained, according…