NASA has a number of satellites, including Aqua, that observe the Earth and maintain a continuous stream of climate data records. On the afternoon of January 11, while both the Palisades and Eaton fires remained active, only smoke plumes from the Palisades fire were clear in the image.

As first responders and investigators with the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner do the grim work of locating and identifying fatalities tied to the Eaton and Palisades fires, the death toll has climbed to 25,