WA bushfires seen from space

The scale of the deadly bushfires burning through WA's South West region has been captured by a NASA satellite.

Smoke produced from the deadly bushfires in Western Australia's South West can be seen clearly from space, with a NASA satellite capturing an image of smoke billowing into the Indian and Southern Oceans.

The image was captured by the NASA Suomi NPP satellite on Thursday, with the smoke cloud seen to be stretching hundreds of kilometres into the ocean.

The lightning-sparked bushfire has killed two people and destroyed more than 143 properties in the Shires of Waroona and Harvey, burning through 72,600 hectares.