NASA added red to the fire areas to draw out the contrast but otherwise this is an unretouched, honest to goodness god’s-eye-view. For scale purposes, that’s Baja California at the bottom right. Those wisps are mammoth plumes blowing out into the Pacific. Want more? Gawk away.

CBS is claiming that the Santiago Canyon wildfire (there are several different blazes by now, I gather) is an act of arson with, intriguingly, two separate points of origin. According to the LA Times, cops suspect arson in another fire too. It’s probably just run of the mill degenerates behind it, but what a terror weapon, huh? Relatively low body count but a cool $1 billion in damage for the cost of some kerosene and a Bic lighter. That would be some cost-effective jihad, yo.

Update: The winds are easing, at least.