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Data acquired October 31 - 31, 2002 1800 x 1400 694 KB - JPEG
Data acquired October 31 - 31, 2002 3600 x 2800 2 MB - JPEG
Data acquired October 31 - 31, 2002 7200 x 5600 6 MB - JPEG
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