NASA MODIS Image of the Day: April 14, 2007 – Fires in Southeast Australia
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On April 13, 2007, the MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of multiple fires burning in southeastern Australia, in the states of Victoria and New South Wales. Locations of active fires are marked in red.
According to information from Victoria’s Department of Sustainability and Environment, fires across the region were a mixture of managed fires to reduce fuel loads (dry vegetation) as well as bushfires.
