Fires on Cape York Peninsula Australia

Fire activity has been increasing across Australia’s Cape York Peninsula since late September 2003. This image is from November 3, 2003.

Large fires continue to spread across Australia’s Cape York Peninsula in late October 2003. This image of numerous fires (marked in red) was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite on October 31, 2003. Smoke hangs over the scene from fires burning both in the forests along the eastern coast and the interior savannas and grasslands.

The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at MODIS’ maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Aqua/MODIS

  • Start Date

    2003-10-31

  • Event Start Date

    2003-09-18

  • NH Image ID

    11820

  • NH Event ID

    10158

  • NH Posting Date

    2003-11-04