This is a mind-numbing satellite image from Maxar Technologies of the wildfire in Altadena, posted at CNN.

The hi-res composite image was taken at 10:45 a.m. PT by one of their LEO satellites and uses a mix of shortwave infrared and visible wavelengths. It shows nearly every building in western Altadena on fire 😢.

JPL is just to the west of the NW quadrant of this image.

https://www.cnn.com/weather/live-news/los-angeles-pacific-palisades-eaton-wildfires-01-08-25/index.html
#Wildfire #Altadena #JPL
7/n

Some NASA services hosted at JPL are now offline or nonoperational.
E.g. - DSN now and JPL Horizons.

The DSN Goldstone site in Barstow is probably OK.

The update from JPL at https://nasawatch.com/personnel-news/jpl-fire-update/ also stated that "Hundreds of JPLers have been evacuated from their homes & many have lost homes. Special thx to our emergency crews. Pls keep us in your thoughts & stay safe."
🙏

Pic below is from the Altadena area just east of JPL.
Credit: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images
#Wildfire #JPL
2/n

#Caltech has set up an employee relief fund for the #NASA #JPL employees who have lost homes in the #EatonFire in #Altadena. There are many who have lost everything, among them my friends and former co-workers. Read about it at the link. Please consider donating. 100% of your donation is US tax deductible.

https://www.americaspace.com/2025/01/11/jpl-creates-relief-fund-for-team-members-impacted-by-eaton-fire/

I went looking for this one.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab still 'untouched' by raging LA fires

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/nasas-jet-propulsion-lab-still-untouched-by-raging-la-fires

#EatonFire
#JPL
#NASA_JPL

Yeah I’m calling it.
This is going to be worse than the Northridge earthquake and the ‘94 Malibu fires combined. In terms of buildings, heritage/history and lives lost.

Octavia Butlers house gone. Jackie Robinsons house is gone. Will rogers estate lost. Abolitionist John Brown’s site gone. The legendary 150 year old Christmas tree lane destroyed. #JPL #NASA in the line of fire.

#Altadena barely exists anymore. #Pasadena is going to shift forever. It is heartbreaking. #eatonfire #LAWildfires

#nasa #jpl Jet Propulsion Labs in Pasadena has been evacuated due to #LAfires in #losangeles and this really complicated my husband's day! Unfortunately, they're not sure if that lab and the apps they run will ever be back online.

JPL to my husband: Yeah we're really sorry etc

My husband: IT'S FINE JUST GTFO!

Stuff can be replaced. Science will continue. Just be safe.

#california #pasadena #wildfire

Lava Flows on Venus
Credits: Magellan Project, #JPL, #NASA
#nature #space #astrophotography

Jupiter: At The Belt-Zone Boundary
Credits: The Galileo Project, #JPL, #NASA
#nature #space #astrophotography

In the Shadow of Saturn
Credits: CICLOPS, #JPL, ESA, #NASA
#nature #space #astrophotography