The Palisades and Eaton Fires, Los Angeles, California

The image comparison above shows the resulting burned areas from the devastating Palisades and Eaton Fires in Los Angeles, California. The left "A" side displays January 2, 2025, and the right "B" side displays January 12, 2025. Move the center swipe bar left and right to compare and contrast the unburned vegetation (in green) with the burned areas (in red). The Palisades Fire is in the lower left portion of the map, and the Eaton Fire is in the upper right portion of the map.

The comparison of the Palisades Fire above shows January 7, 2025, on the left "A" side and January 12, 2025, on the right "B" side. Move the center swipe bar to the right to see where the Palisades Fire began on January 7 as a bright glowing red area, with clouds to the east. Move the center swipe bar to the left to see the extent of red burned area from the Palisades Fire. The the burned area from the Palisades Fire actually reached the burned area of early December 2024's Franklin Fire in Malibu. Also visible in the image is the slight difference in color between the brighter red burned area of the wildland areas in the hilly region and the darker red color of the burned area of the developed Pacific Palisades near the ocean in the right portion of the burned area near Santa Monica.

The contrast between the wildland burned area and the developed burned area is also evident with the Eaton Fire, where the wildland fire occurred in the hilly areas of the Angeles National Forest and is visible as a brighter orange red, whereas the burned area of Altadena is a darker red/brown.  

As of the morning of Friday, January 17, the Palisades fire has burned 23,713 acres and is only 31% contained, and the Eaton fire has burned 14,117 acres and is 65% contained.

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