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Wildfires in Northern Australia

Intense bushfires in northern Australia spawned pyrocumulus clouds in October 2012.


NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published October 9, 2012
Data acquired October 6, 2012

Source:
Aqua > MODIS
Collection:
MODIS Rapid Response