Howes Swamp Fire, New South Wales

While the bushfire crisis that gripped New South Wales in mid-October 2013 has eased, some fires continue to burn in the Blue Mountains.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Howes Swamp Fire, New South Wales.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published November 7, 2013
Data acquired November 5, 2013