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Fires Across Northwest Australia

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Oct 09, 2002
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Fires Across Northwest Australia
January 9, 2002

This true-color image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) from October 9, 2002, shows numerous fires burning across Western Australia (left) and Northern Territory (right). The boundary between the two falls along a north-south line running just right of the center of the image.

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

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