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Wildfires in Northern Australia

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2024-04-27 12:00:00
April 27, 2002

Early-season bushfires continue to burn north of Western Australia's Great Sandy Desert (left) and in the Northern Territory (right). This image from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on the Terra satellite, acquired on April 27, 2002, shows dozens of fires (red dots).

Please note that the high-resolution scene provided here is 500 meters per pixel. For a copy of this scene at the sensor’s fullest resolution, visit the MODIS Rapidfire site.

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

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