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Dust Storm off Australia
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Dust Storm off Australia |
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A substantial plume of dust (light brown pixels) was blowing off the east coast of Australia, between Sydney and Brisbane, and out over the Tasman Sea. Winds that gusted up to 37 miles per hour carried the dust from the continent?s dry interior out over the coast in a rare dust storm. This true-color image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] (MODIS), aboard NASA?s Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite, on October 28, 2003. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC |
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Fire Danger Extreme in New S
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Fire Danger Extreme in New South Wales |
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New South Wales, Australia, has been experiencing severe drought in late 2002. Crops have suffered, and wildfire danger is extreme. In southeast New South Wales, multiple large wildfires are burning both north and south of Sydney, which can be seen roughly in the center of the image. Throughout the territory, people have been evacuated from their homes or have been urged to remain indoors and watchful. This true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) was captured by the Aqua satellite on December 4, 2002, and shows active fires marked with red outlines. In the southern part of the image, large plumes of grayish-brown smoke waft out over the Tasman Sea. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC |
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Fires in New South Wales, Au
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Fires in New South Wales, Australia |
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Several large fires were burning in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, on November 21, 2006. This image from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] shows the active fire locations outlined in red. Thick smoke blows eastward over the Tasman Sea. Northern Sydney is mostly hidden by clouds at bottom center of the scene. According to news reports, winds of 100 kilometers per hour (62 mph) were causing fires to spread rapidly. Towns in the mountainous area could be threatened as the fires continued to spread. The high-resolution image provided above has a spatial resolution of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides twice-daily images of the area at additional resolutions. [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Australia6/2006325 ] NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Fires in New South Wales, Au
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Fires in New South Wales, Australia |
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Several large fires were burning in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, on November 21, 2006. This image from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] shows the active fire locations outlined in red. Thick smoke blows eastward over the Tasman Sea. Northern Sydney is mostly hidden by clouds at bottom center of the scene. According to news reports, winds of 100 kilometers per hour (62 mph) were causing fires to spread rapidly. Towns in the mountainous area could be threatened as the fires continued to spread. The high-resolution image provided above has a spatial resolution of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides twice-daily images of the area at additional resolutions. [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Australia6/2006325 ] NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Severe Bush Fires Near Sydne
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Severe Bush Fires Near Sydney, Australia |
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Bush fires surrounding Sydney continue to burn feverishly, and vast smoke plumes ascend from the southeastern coastline of Australia and extend out over the Tasman Sea. This true-color image from NASA?s Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) was made from data collected on January 2, 2002. More than a dozen active fires are burning in the region, as indicated by the thick plumes of greyish smoke streaming southeastward. The southern end of Sydney?s urban area is bounded by the third cluster of fires up from the bottom of the image, and the fires encircle the city, which stands out in tan against the surrounding green vegetation. Sydney is surrounded by several National Parks, many of which have been damaged by the fires. Reports indicate that the fires, which have been aided by daytime temperatures hovering around 100°F and winds blowing at nearly 40 miles per hour, have burned approximately 1.24 million acres of bush land as of January 2. Firefighters have shifted their efforts from attempting to extinguish the fires to preventing them from reaching the western edges of Sydney. Many of the fires are believed to have been set by arsonists, and police have arrested 21 people in connection with the devastating blazes. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/redirect?http://modis-land.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Severe Bush Fires Near Sydne
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Severe Bush Fires Near Sydney, Australia |
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Bush fires surrounding Sydney continue to burn feverishly, and vast smoke plumes ascend from the southeastern coastline of Australia and extend out over the Tasman Sea. This true-color image from NASA?s Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) was made from data collected on January 5, 2002. More than a dozen active fires are burning in the region, as indicated by the thick plumes of greyish smoke streaming southeastward. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/redirect?http://modis-land.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Severe Bush Fires Near Sydne
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Severe Bush Fires Near Sydney, Australia |
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Bush fires surrounding Sydney continue to burn feverishly, and vast smoke plumes ascend from the southeastern coastline of Australia and extend out over the Tasman Sea. This true-color image from NASA?s Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) was made from data collected on January 3, 2002. More than a dozen active fires are burning in the region, as indicated by the thick plumes of greyish smoke streaming southeastward. The southern end of Sydney?s urban area is bounded by the third cluster of fires up from the bottom of the image, and the fires encircle the city, which stands out in tan against the surrounding green vegetation. Sydney is surrounded by several National Parks, many of which have been damaged by the fires. Reports indicate that the fires, which have been aided by daytime temperatures hovering around 100øF and winds blowing at nearly 40 miles per hour, had burned approximately 1.24 million acres of bush land as of January 2. Many of the fires are believed to have been set by arsonists, and police have arrested 21 people in connection with the devastating blazes. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/redirect?http://modis-land.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Dust Storm off Australia: Na
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
A substantial plume of dust
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Australia2_TMO2003301
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2003-10-28 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Australia2_TMO2003301 |
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Severe Bush Fires Near Sydne
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Bush fires surrounding Sydne
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Sydney_Fire_010102
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2002-01-02 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Sydney_Fire_010102 |
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Severe Bush Fires Near Sydne
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Bush fires surrounding Sydne
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Sydney_Fire_010302
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2002-01-03 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Sydney_Fire_010302 |
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Fire Danger Extreme in New S
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Huge fires are burning out o
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Australia.AMOA2002292
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2002-10-18 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Australia.AMOA2002292 |
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Fires Continue to Rage Near
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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Bush fires surrounding Sydne
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Sydney.A2002001.2350
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2002-01-02 |
| creator |
NASA -- Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, modis-land.gsfc.nasa.gov/ MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Sydney.A2002001.2350 |
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Severe Bush Fires Near Sydne
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Bush fires surrounding Sydne
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Sydney_Fire_010502
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2002-01-05 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Sydney_Fire_010502 |
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