Fires in Australia
Fires in Australia
19 October 2007
Bushfires in Northern Australia
Severe fire weather was hampering firefighters efforts tokeep bush fires under control in Northern Territory in early October 2007. Bushfires that had been burning for several weeks in remote areas were starting toapproach property, according to newsreports from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. This image of northernAustralia from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Aqua satellite shows the locationand extent of fires (outlined in red) on 30 September 2007.
AQUA
30 September 2007
The large image provided above has a spatial resolution (level of detail) of250 meters per pixel.
(source: EarthObservatory)
Latest MODIS image
The MODIS satellite image taken at 18 October 2007 shows numerous firesburning in parts of the Northern Territory and Western Australia.
(source: EarthObservatory)
