NASA Earth Observatory Collection

Bushfires Raging in Southeast Australia

This true-color Mod erate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Aqu a satellite shows multiple large bushfires in southeast Australia on January 12, 2003. Fires are marked with red. This concentration of fires is located in the Great Dividing Range Mountains at the border of New South Wales (north) and Victoria (south). The northernmost fires are burning in the Kosciuszko National Park in southern New South Wales. Gusty winds and high temperatures have hampered containment efforts, and the smoke is beginning to pose a health hazard. Across the Bass Strait, a large fire is burning on Flinders Island.

Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MOD IS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC

Aqua- MODIS

Aqua

Australia

Victoria

Bass Strait

Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

January 12, 2003

2003

SPD-ETOBS-5334

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