Before-and-after satellite images from Maxar Technologies capture a harrowing view of the devastation from space.

Photos from the path of destruction highlight the mounting loss and how some California communities are forever changed.

Satellite images are providing a unique and heartbreaking view of the devastation in the Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Altadena and Pasadena from two wildfires that have

Satellite imagery shows neighborhoods burned down, roads closed, and fires spreading across Los Angeles.

Entire swathes of the city are too dangerous to access and the thickness of smoke makes it hard to see far. But from space the enormity of the destruction is made clear. Satellite imagery company Maxar Technologies has shared pictures taken from space that show just how bad the wildfires have been.

Multiple wildfires fueled by fierce Santa Ana winds, have killed 10 and burned more than 35,000 acres near Los Angeles. The winds, which occur most often in the fall and winter, push dry air from over the inland deserts of California and the Southwest toward the coast, the National Weather Service said.

Satellite images show the extent of devastation from multiple wildfires burning in Los Angeles County. The fires have killed at least 10 people and destroyed thousands of structures.

The satellite image shows dozens of structures destroyed on Friday. The Eaton fire, which broke out Tuesday night, had burned more than 13,000 acres in Altadena and Pasadena as of

The images captured by Maxar Technologies showed smoke emitting from scores of houses and a blaze engulfing a vast area in Altadena.

Reuters photographers and videographers have been on the ground in Los Angeles capturing visuals that bring home the scale of fires that exploded on Tuesday.

The Los Angeles wildfires continue to burn out of control, with the death toll now at seven and expected to climb. Nearly 180,000 people have been ordered to evacuate and at least 10,000 buildings have been destroyed, L.A. Sheriff Robert Luna stating in a press conference that some of the impacted areas "look like a bomb was dropped in them."

in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows an aerial view of the Eaton Fire, in Calif., Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. (Maxar Technologies via AP) Richi and jockey Kazushi Kimura, right, win the Grade ...