Fires and smoke in Southeast Australia and Tasmania

This true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image shows bushfires raging in southeast Australia on January 13, 2003. The fires are heavily concentrated along the border of New South Wales in the north and Victoria in the south. Across the Bass Strait from the mainland, a large fire is burning on Flinders Island.

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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published January 13, 2003
Data acquired January 13 - 13, 2003

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Topic:

Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Fires

Collections:

MODIS Rapid Response

Visible Earth