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Fires Across Cape York Peninsula

Though abundant, wildfires in northern Australia’s tropical savannas tend to be less destructive than blazes in the south.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Fires Across Cape York Peninsula.

NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published November 28, 2012
Data acquired November 24, 2012