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minus-squarejesusactuallyhateshorses@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·edit-210 days agoSmoke from the wildfires.
minus-squarerants_unnecessarily@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-29 days agoAre the numbers the amount of fires? And the little orange dots are the fires?
minus-squaresome_kind_of_guy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-29 days agoI believe they’re air quality stations, based on the PM2.5 scale in the lower left
minus-squarerants_unnecessarily@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoNo, that’s the scale for the colour gradients on the map.
minus-squarejesusactuallyhateshorses@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 days agoYes, the dots at this scale are mostly major groups of fires. When you zoom in the dots fan out to give more localized info. I’ve zoomed in on Florida in the image attached to this reply so you can see better. You can see the individual fires have the flames icon.
minus-squarerants_unnecessarily@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoThat is an insane amount of fires
minus-squarelokalhorst@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-210 days agoPM2.5 is Particulate Matter that can penetrate into your lungs. It is mostly emitted by combustion engines, but in this case it’s from wildfires.
What is this measuring?
Smoke from the wildfires.
Are the numbers the amount of fires? And the little orange dots are the fires?
I believe they’re air quality stations, based on the PM2.5 scale in the lower left
No, that’s the scale for the colour gradients on the map.
Yes, the dots at this scale are mostly major groups of fires. When you zoom in the dots fan out to give more localized info.
I’ve zoomed in on Florida in the image attached to this reply so you can see better. You can see the individual fires have the flames icon.
That is an insane amount of fires
PM2.5 is Particulate Matter that can penetrate into your lungs. It is mostly emitted by combustion engines, but in this case it’s from wildfires.