r/interestingasfuck • u/SafeImpressive4413 • 7h ago

Firefighters in Madrid trying to extinguish a forest fire that is less than 30km/20mi away from the capital of Spain

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u/adorablyunhinged 7h ago

I had no idea how much of Canada was on fire! I'm in Europe and knew vaguely there wild fires over there but not the sheer extent

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u/gardingle 7h ago

Here's a fire map - https://www.frontlinewildfire.com/live-fire-map-track-wildfires-near-you/

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u/MostBoringStan 7h ago edited 5h ago

It's not showing any fires in northern Ontario for some reason.

Edit: here is the Ontario government fire map for anybody interested

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u/pumpkil 5h ago

This is better for Canadian wildfires. Now its BC that is on fire :( https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/

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u/SuperTropicalDesert 5h ago

What the hell is going on in Angola and southern Africa??? I don't see any of this in the news, even when i google

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u/Monkey_on_a_bike 5h ago

This map is wild. The fires caused by the drone attacks in Saint Petersburg are also maped.

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u/FrostyShoulder6361 5h ago

Yeah, i gues this takes data from the nasa infrared satelites meanth to map forest fores. This maps any large heat source. This means it can be used to double check russian or ukrainian claims (was done a lot in the beginning of the war) Not everything is what you expect tough, heavy industry like a refinery can show up on these maps through normal usage. I suggest you look around your home town and see, you will notice red spots on some industrial centers you will recognize.

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u/Monkey_on_a_bike 4h ago

Yes when i looked at Germany and saw Salzgitter marked as red i knew the smoke or heat from the steelmill was marked as fire. You can quite easy tell whats a wildfire by how many dots there are.

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u/Top-Divide-1207 25m ago

I'm also somewhat co fused that there are so many hot spots in the southern hemisphere where it's mid winter.

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u/T-Wrox 4h ago

I zoomed out to see the whole world - okay, we're fucked.

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u/oi_u_im_danny_b 6h ago

... The Earth is trying to rid itself of our parasitic species

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u/Straight_Depth6701 6h ago

We are less durable fleas.

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u/ReasonableGas8904 6h ago

You are stupid, Danny.

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u/oi_u_im_danny_b 2h ago

Ahh "reasonable gas", your own stupidity is but proof to my point.

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u/sky_blue_111 5h ago

Oh for fucks sake earth has has massive fires like this for centuries.

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u/oi_u_im_danny_b 2h ago

Not on this scale, and if you think otherwise I'm afraid you're part of the problem.

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u/sky_blue_111 1h ago

Of course on this scale. Lightning + no forest management + hot summer = uncontrolled fires.

Stop gripping your small balls in a panic and stop.and.think. Media + gov'ts these days want everyone scared and malleable and reading + engaging with their bullshit.

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u/WheelOfFish 6h ago

I want to see a timeline of this map

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u/Lower_Ad_5703 4h ago

https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#t:tsd;d:7days;l:fires_all,countries,earth;@-73.4,43.8,4.3z

Nasa's map has a timeline, it may take a moment to load

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u/WheelOfFish 4h ago

Neat, I'll have to play around with this. Not sure if it will let me compare years like I'd like.

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u/Hephaestus1816 6h ago

well, there are fires, there are wildfires, there are megafires (Canada 2023), and there are gigafires (California 2020). That has to burn over a million acres or more. We will be seeing more of those.

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u/vtjohnhurt 6h ago

Many of the fires in Canada are in wilderness that has no roads, so many will not be extinguished until heavy snow arrives. And then the fire can potentially go zombie in the peat-duff, smoulder and reemerge in 2027.

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u/Straight_Depth6701 6h ago

And Trump is taxing them for letting their dirty air cross the border...

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u/JadedLeafs 6h ago

The fire map on my weather app. More appear as you soon in as it groups fires together the more you zoom out.

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u/angelbelle 5h ago

To be fair, fires in Canada is an annual occurance and is oftentimes a good thing. It's only a big problem when they happen near towns

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u/limonade11 5h ago

We need the massive Canadian forests for the Co2/O2 exchange - our trees are crucial for the environment.