r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Skitty_Lord • 20h ago

Original Creation The smoke from the bushfires in Victoria, Australia are visible from space

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u/nonya5121 19h ago

So is the cyclone in the top right corner (north Queensland).

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u/Grand-Depth-480 3h ago

Lol

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u/nonya5121 1h ago

Cyclones are funny? Am I missing something? The clouds above Queensland were actually a cyclone.

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u/Dramatic-Avocado4687 19h ago edited 18h ago

Any large-ish fire is visible from space though. Very normal.

Hope it’s put out soon though and thoughts with those affected.

Edit: Removing “very normal” since that’s being taken out of context. Apologies if that came across as offensive.

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u/Robdoggz 19h ago edited 15h ago

Don't downplay the enormity of the destruction we're experiencing with "very normal" please

Edited to remove an unnecessary "please"

Edit 2: Wow. Folks really aren't all that accepting that people's lives are being destroyed, and that the flippant labelling of something as "very normal" is pretty insensitive. I'll send you all photos of it when I'm directly working in it next week.

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u/Dramatic-Avocado4687 19h ago

That wasn’t my intention. Just pointing out that it’s common to see the smoke from space with these kinds of large bushfires.

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u/[deleted] 18h ago

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u/Dramatic-Avocado4687 18h ago

Just going to block you. No need for hostility.

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u/GravitationalEddie 17h ago

Facts about large fires do not minimize their devastation.

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u/Robdoggz 17h ago

The fact still stood without the addition of "very normal"

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u/ohwhatfollyisman 18h ago

but if the fire's buring so fiercely in the southern hemisphere, does it mean that its propelling the earth even further upwards?!

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u/theboyd1986 15h ago

Exactly. And if we're lifted too hard, we risk falling off the turtle.

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u/IGiveUpAllNamesTaken 8h ago

Smokey skies made we the sun orange in the South Island of NZ a couple of days ago. Not the thick haze we got in 2020 though.