Firefighters have meticulously worked to contain the blazes and save as many homes as possible, all while billows of smoke have drifted into the Southern California sky — so muc

The scope of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires comes into focus through smoke-filled satellite imagery from NASA, NOAA and ESA.

Since Tuesday, several wildfires have broken out in the Los Angeles area fueled by strong winds, with the largest being the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire. The two fires combined have burned thousands of acres and destroyed several hundred structures and homes.

As smoke pours from the intense wildfires currently scorching Los Angeles, air quality has plummeted across the city due to particulate pollution.

Satellite images of the disaster, released by Maxar Technologies, show the extent of the damage that the fires have caused in the California.