Fires in Northern Australia

Terra MODIS detected dozens of active fires across northern Australia on November 8, 2003. This image is centered farther west than previous days’ images.

Since late September, fires have been burning across northern Australia’s Kimberly Plateau. This image of the fires (marked in red) was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite on November 3, 2003.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Aqua/MODIS

  • Start Date

    2003-11-03

  • Event Start Date

    2003-09-03

  • NH Image ID

    11824

  • NH Event ID

    10148

  • NH Posting Date

    2003-11-05