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Bushfires Raging in Southeast Australia

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Jan 21, 2003

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Aqua — MODIS

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Wildfires

2024-01-21 12:00:00

January 21, 2003

Smoke billows out over the Pacific Ocean from raging bushfires in southeast Australia. This image of the fires (red dots) was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite on January 21, 2003, around 3:00 p.m. local time.

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

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