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Fires in Northern Australia

Large fires continue to burn throughout the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. This image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite on October 31, 2002, and shows the fires marked with red dots. To the north, fires are burning on the island of Papua New Guinea as well.


Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published November 4, 2002
Data acquired October 31 - 31, 2002

Source:
Aqua > MODIS
Topic:
Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Fires
Collections:
MODIS Rapid Response
Visible Earth