The Amazon Fires Are So Big They Can Be Seen from Space

Three football pitches worth of rainforest is being lost every minute as wildfires continue to rage all over Brazil. The fires are now so big they can be clearly seen from space. The clouds of smoke even darken the sky in São Paulo, almost 2,000 kilometers away. NASA has released images from space showing the incredible extent of the fires.

Here’s a more detailed map by Global Forest Watch:

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