Severe Bush Fires Near Sydney, Australia

  • Credit

    Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC

A large number of wildfires continue to burn in southeastern Australia. News reports indicate that the danger to residents of Sydney has subsided somewhat.

Bush fires surrounding Sydney continue to burn feverishly, and vast smoke plumes ascend from the southeastern coastline of Australia and extend out over the Tasman Sea. This true-color image from NASA?s Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) was made from data collected on January 5, 2002. More than a dozen active fires are burning in the region, as indicated by the thick plumes of greyish smoke streaming southeastward.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS

  • Start Date

    2002-01-05

  • Event Start Date

    2001-12-25

  • NH Image ID

    1118

  • NH Event ID

    1110

  • NH Posting Date

    2002-01-08