Grim satellite images taken by NASA show the out-of-control Los Angeles wildfires from space. One image, taken by NASA’s Sentinel-2 satellite after the Palisades Fire erupted Tuesday morning, shows a thick band of gray smoke floating over Los Angeles County that billowed out to the coast,

As smoke pours from the intense wildfires currently scorching Los Angeles, air quality has plummeted across the city due to particulate pollution.

Firefighters have stopped the deadly flames from damaging the historic Mt. Wilson Observatory and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

The scope of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires comes into focus through smoke-filled satellite imagery from NASA and other agencies.

Now satellite imagery is providing a look at the destruction caused by the fires — devastation which is likely to grow. The strong winds and dry conditions which have fuelled California's wildfires are predicted to continue until the middle of next week,

Since Tuesday, several wildfires have broken out in the Los Angeles area fueled by strong winds, with the largest being the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire. The two fires combined have burned thousands of acres and destroyed several hundred structures and homes.

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Satellite images of the disaster, released by Maxar Technologies, show the extent of the damage that the fires have caused in the California.