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[-] DrBob@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

FIRMS relies on a few satellites. MODIS and VIRS are the ones I remember off hand. They monitor specific wavelengths of infrared. So yes major industrial processes like metal smelters, coal plants, pulp mills, refineries etc will sometimes show up depending on what's going on.

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