Fires in Tasmania

On April 26, 2006, the MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over the Tasmania and captured this image, which showed numerous fires (marked in red) burning. Several of the fires are accompanied by long smoke plumes, which stretch generally westward.

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Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory

Published April 28, 2006
Data acquired April 26, 2006

Source:

Aqua > MODIS

Collection:

MODIS Image of the Day