The Texas wildfire is so large that it can be seen from orbit

The greatest fire in Texas history is a gigantic blaze that is consuming about 1.1 million acres (1,700 square miles) this week in the Texas Panhandle and portions of Oklahoma. The Smokehouse Creek Fire is so large that it can be seen from space.
A false color visualization is what the imagery, which depicts thermal hotspots connected to the Smokehouse Creek Fire, is called.

Parts of the infrared spectrum that are sensitive to fire activity are visible in this kind of photograph. The satellite GOES-16, which flies about 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers) above the surface of the Earth, took a picture of it.
Firefighters are working quickly to contain the fire, which started on February 26 in Hutchinson County and spread quickly. According to Sean Dugan, a public relations officer for the Texas A&M Forest Service, “we had a goldilocks collection of circumstances, which is low relative humidity, dry [trees and grass], and high winds,” which is why the fire spread so quickly. Despite the fact that Thursday’s rains helped control the fire, he claims that it is still just 3% contained. The possibility that windy weather in the next days might help spark new flames and spread this and other existing fires in the region is a major worry.
Although the precise cause of the Smokehouse Creek Fire is still being investigated, Xcel Energy Inc. said in a regulatory filing that it has been requested to preserve a fallen electrical pole close to the potential ignition site of the fire as evidence.
Over a million acres in Texas and an additional 25,000 acres in Oklahoma have been consumed by the fire thus far. Local media sources state that in addition to the destruction of an undetermined number of dwellings, at least one person has perished. It’s possible that tens of thousands of livestock perished. The Texas Department of Agriculture estimates that the Texas Panhandle is home to 85% of the state’s cattle population.
With 907,245 acres consumed, the East Amarillo Complex fire in 2006 was the biggest fire in Texas history prior to this one.