NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite sees massive Alberta wildfire day and night

Thursday, May 5, 2016 - 14:50 in Earth & Climate

NASA-NOAA's Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite (S-NPP) carries an instrument so sensitive to low light levels that it can detect wildfires in the middle of the night as well as during the daytime.

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