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Fires Around Sydney, Australia

Dry conditions, heat, and gusty winds combined to make October 17 a very dangerous fire day in New South Wales, Australia.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Fires Around Sydney, Australia.

NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published October 18, 2013
Data acquired October 17, 2013