Despite the bushfires being confined to Australia the aftereffect of the smoke has had a dramatic impact on the globe. The deadly Australian fires have become so vast the smoke has spread around the world. NASA has revealed an animation that shows how the bushfires have been making its way around the planet.
Each colour on the animation represents a different aerosol in the area.
Orange represents dust, blue represents sea salt, pink represents nitrates and red represents carbonaceous aerosols.
The graphic shows that Australia is releasing many carbonaceous aerosols due to bushfires.
They are also moving across the pacific ocean to South America where the continent has also suffered from forest fires.
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The incomprehensible scale of fire damage has also been revealed in photos shot by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
NASA astronauts on the International Space Station are closely monitoring and photographing the fires as Australia continues to burn.
NASA astronaut Christina Koch is among those on the Expedition 61 ISS crew to share aerial photos of dust flying across Australia and smoke rising from numerous fires.
Ms Koch, who recently set a new record for the longest space mission by a woman, published a series of fire photos with the caption: “Australia. Our hearts and thoughts are with you.”
Thunderstorms caused by the wildfires are accelerating the smoke plume in its path around the world.
The smoke is forecast to soon return to Australian airspace, according to ABC Australia.
Lisa Harvey-Smith, an astrophysicist at the University of New South Wales, told ABC the resulting smoke can rise at least 10 miles (17km) into the atmosphere and “travel relatively unimpeded, above most of the atmosphere and weather.”