Fires in Australia
Fires in Australia
2 April 2008
On 1 April 2008, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Aqua satellite detected a handful of smoky fires in Victoria, Australia, near the border with New South Wales.
AQUA
1 April 2008
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(source: earth observatory)
Locations of fires are outlined in red. Most of the fires were not detected by Terra MODIS, when it passed over the area a few hours before.
