California's Rim Fire as seen from Space

Every once in a while it is cool to switch from looking up at the sky to looking back down on the Earth, especially if that view is from orbit.

The Rim Fire raging near California's Yosemite National Park is roughly the size of the city of Chicago, but how big is that exactly?  This article from NASA's Earth Observatory shows us.  

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California's Rim Fire from Earth Orbit