Have you ever wondered what a fire looks like from space? My name is Eriz Yusuf and part of the newly established Earth Observation initiative. With coworkers Mohammed Mazy and Thomas Lanning we are investigating the dual capacity of fire, as a regenerative power and to reveal the scale of the global fire crisis in regions such as the boreal forest, the world’s largest woodland. For the past 6 weeks, we have been applying our Data Science background with space technologies to explore fire from above the atmosphere.

 We aim to offer clear insights for policy and risk assessment about the effect of fire and smoke by working on the ways imagery can impact the wider relationships of ground ecology positively. At first, we are showing low resolution to medium resolution to clearly determine burn areas and atmospheric conditions. These four views represent the early stages and a glimpse of what is to come!

By looking at the boreal forest our vision is to complement the groundwork of Alan’s upcoming monograph Songs of the Dead. 

We are excited to share more information, if you would like to ask any questions you can do so here.

By Eriz Yusuf and edited by Alan McFetridge.

Code by Eriz Yusuf, Mohamed Mazy, Thomas Lanning & Image by Alan McFetridge

For more information about Song of the Dead, please click here