January 5, 2002
Bush fires surrounding Sydney continue to burn feverishly, and vastsmoke plumes ascend from the southeastern coastline of Australia andextend out over the Tasman Sea. This true-color image from NASA’s Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) was made fromdata collected on January 5, 2002. More than a dozen active fires are burning in the region, as indicated by the thick plumes of greyish smoke streaming southeastward.
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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
