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Fires on Cape York Peninsula, Australia

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2024-10-31 12:00:00
October 31, 2002

Large fires continue to burn throughout the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. This image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite on October 31, 2002, and shows the fires marked with red dots.

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Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC

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