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Severe Bush Fires Near Sydney, Australia

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Jan 08, 2002
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2002-01-05 00:00:00
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

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