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Collection:
NASA Earth Observatory Collection
Title:
Fires in Tasmania
Description:
On April 26, 2006, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over the island of Tasmania, south of Australia, 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.

NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response team.
Satellite - Sensor:
Aqua- MODIS
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Aqua
facet_where:
Australia
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
April 26, 2006
facet_when_year:
2006
UID:
SPD-ETOBS-13530
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Fires in Tasmania