{"id":800099,"date":"2026-01-13T11:17:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T16:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=800099"},"modified":"2026-01-13T11:17:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T16:17:29","slug":"esa-wildfires-in-patagonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=800099","title":{"rendered":"ESA &#8211; Wildfires in Patagonia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"modal__tab-content--details\">\n<div class=\"modal__tab-description\">\n<p>Captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2 on 11 January 2026, this image shows active wildfires near Lake Rivadavia in Los Alerces National Park, Argentina, observed from low Earth orbit.<\/p>\n<p>This protected area is home to ancient Alerce trees <i>(Fitzroya cupressoides)<\/i>, among the longest-living on Earth, with some standing for more than 3600 years. Fires like this pose a serious threat to a unique ecosystem.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shown in false colour, the image highlights burned areas in brown, the active fire fronts in red and orange, and snow-covered regions in light blue, contrasted against white clouds.<\/p>\n<p>From orbit, Earth-observing satellites help track wildfires in near-real time, delivering vital data to support emergency response and environmental protection on the ground.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2026\/01\/Wildfires_in_Patagonia?rand=772187\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2 on 11 January 2026, this image shows active wildfires near Lake Rivadavia in Los Alerces National Park, Argentina, observed from low Earth orbit. This protected area&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":800100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-800099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multimedia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=800099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/800100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=800099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=800099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=800099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}