Fires in New Guinea

On November 3, 2003, fires continued to burn across southern New Guinea.

North of Australia’s Cape York Peninsula (bottom center), dozens of fires were burning across the island of New Guinea on October 20, 2003. The fires, which were detected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite, have been marked with red dots in the image. Smoke drifts to the northwest from many of the fires and hangs over the tip of Australia, as well.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Aqua/MODIS

  • Start Date

    2003-10-20

  • Event Start Date

    2003-10-20

  • NH Image ID

    11780

  • NH Event ID

    10187

  • NH Posting Date

    2003-10-21