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The NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP satellite captured smoke plumes from the Washburn Fire and the Oak Fire on July 24, 2022. (Orange dots are where the spacecraft measured active fires.) The 5,000-acre Washburn Fire is burning near the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias. This forest is home to over 500 mature giant sequoia trees and was officially protected by President Lincoln in 1864 before becoming part of Yosemite National Park in 1906. The 16,700-acre Oak Fire, 12 miles west of the Washburn Fire, is largely uncontained but does not pose a direct threat to Yosemite at present. Severe, prolonged drought and dry air over the area are causing extreme fire conditions. Video description: Video slowly zooms in on a satellite image of California and surrounding states, centering in on smoke plumes in Central California. Text from this post's caption periodically shows up in the video in chunks. #nasa #noaa #globalwarming #climatechange #wildfires #drought #washburnfire #oakfire #yosemite #sequoias #mariposacounty