The largest forest fire in US history is currently raging in California - does this photo show the dangerous fire from a bird's eye view?
We received a few inquiries about this photo:

The photo is circulating on Instagram and Facebook. It is intended to show the Californian fire raging beneath the cloud cover.

The fact check:
According to Factuel, this is not a photo from California airspace.
The original can be found on Instagram:
Check out this post on Instagram
The photographer's name is Nathan Province and in addition to this one, he has published other photos and a video.
It was taken on July 22 over the Hawaiian archipelago and shows a sunset:

…No it's actually just a sunset over Hawaiian waters.
… … No, actually it’s just a sunset over Hawaiian waters …
Result:
No. The photo does not the California wildfire.
It was taken about 3,900 km away, over the waters around Hawaii, and shows a cloud-covered sunset.
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