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From NASA, of course. This first one is from the QuikScat satellite, 7AM 10/22. Wind speed via reflected radar on the water surface. Click for source page.

The next one is visual, from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on the Aqua satellite. 250m/pixel, 10/2. Again, click for source.

Found via Science in the News, wonderful stuff. Quite the plume, eh? I also like how the vector field shows the offshore winds that fanned the flames. Very cool.

Additional coolness: KMZ file of the MODIS for Google Earth!

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