Fires Along Coast of Northwest Australia

Fires (red dots) were detected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite all along the northwest Australia coastline on June 11, 2003. An especially smoky patch of fires is visible at the top right of the image, southwest of Melville Island.

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Image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC

Published June 13, 2003
Data acquired June 11 12:00:00, 2003

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Aqua > MODIS