Bushfires Raging in Southeast Australia

True- and false-color images from Terra MODIS on March 6, 2003, show the huge area burned by the devestating bushfires in southeast Australia.

This true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image shows bushfires (red dots) raging in southeast Australia on January 13, 2003. The fires are heavily concentrated along the border of New South Wales in the north and Victoria in the south. Across the Bass Strait from the mainland (see high-resolution image), a large fire is burning on Flinders Island.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS

  • Start Date

    2002-01-13

  • Event Start Date

    2003-01-10

  • NH Image ID

    5336

  • NH Event ID

    5205

  • NH Posting Date

    2003-01-13