Photos of Eaton Fire Close to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Photos of Eaton Fire Close to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

The Flight Projects Center at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California

California firefighting aircraft dropping red colored chemical flame retardants on the Eaton Fire close to The Flight Projects Center at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California

Fire trucks at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California

California firefighting helicopter water 'bomber' preparing to fill-up its tank from a well-placed temporary emergency water storage container

January 11, 2025 airborne view of Altadena and Pasadena, California, taken by an instrument on board a NASA aircraft. Charred vegetation shows up as brown in northern parts of Altadena. Burned landscape of the San Gabriel mountains appears orange and surrounding vegetation is green close to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) located in Pasadena, California. Founded in 1936 by California Institute of Technology (Caltech) researchers, the laboratory is now owned and sponsored by NASA and administered and managed by Caltech. Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, 11 miles (18 km) northeast of downtown Los Angeles.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Flight Projects Center is a six-story, 195,000-square-foot facility that expands the campus. It provides a state-of-the-art workspace for JPL teams. At a cost of 70 million dollars, this is a LEED Gold certified building. It was established for NASA in 2009. Interior spaces were designed to be flexible so JPL teams can assemble as required for a variety of scenarios. The building houses missions during their key design and development phases. It enables engineers and scientists from many countries to collaborate more closely during critical mission phases.

Learn more about the Flight Projects Center

at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory 

https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/jpl-building-321-gold-tagged.pdf

The Eaton Fire ignited in the hills of Eaton Canyon, near Altadena, on the evening of January 7, 2025. By 10:30 a.m. the next day, the fire had quickly grown to cover more than 10,000 acres (40 square kilometers), according to Cal Fire. Around the time of the aerial image on January 11, 2025, provided here, the Eaton Fire had expanded to 14,117 acres (57 square kilometers), and the Los Angeles County Fire Department reported it was about 15 percent contained.

NASA’s Disasters Response Coordination System has been activated to support agencies responding to the fires, including the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. Response activities are centered on two primary requests from the local emergency managers: damage assessment information on built infrastructure, and impacts of air quality and human health risks. 

Image Credits: JPL-Caltech, NASA Earth Observatory/Lauren Dauphin/Emily Cassidy
Release Dates: Jan. 16 & 21, 2025

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