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This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Aqua satellite on March 13, 2003, shows a large forest fire (marked in red) and smoky skies over the southern Australia coast.
Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
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With Indonesia gripped by drought, fires are smoldering on the surface and underground.
The blaze burned more than 150 square miles and swept through parts of a ski resort.
In fire-prone ecosystems in Australia's Northern Territory, prescribed burns are lit to minimize the severity of fires later in the…
