Many Fires in New South Wales, Australia (IMAGE)

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Many Fires in New South Wales, Australia

Caption

There were many fires burning in eastern New South Wales, Australia when NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead on July 11.

At 03:35 UTC on July 11 (12:35 p.m. local time/11:35 p.m. EDT on July 10), when Aqua passed over eastern New South Wales (NSW), the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard captured a natural-color visible image of the region and spotted smoke (light brown) from various fires. Actively burning areas, detected by MODIS's thermal bands, are outlined in red.

Credit

NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team. Caption: NASA/Goddard, Rob Gutro

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