Wildfires in Northern Australia

Early-season bushfires continue to burn north of Western Australia's Great Sandy Desert (left) and in the Northern Territory (right). This image from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on the Terra satellite, acquired on April 27, 2002, shows dozens of fires (red dots).

Please note that the high-resolution scene provided here is 500 meters per pixel. For a copy of this scene at the sensor's fullest resolution, visit the MODIS Rapidfire site.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS
  • Visualization Date

    2002-05-04