NASA MODIS Image of the Day: May 5, 2007 – Fires in Southeast Australia
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In the final week of April, clouds often blanketed southeastern Australia when the MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite passed overhead, blocking the sensor’s view of the fires that were burning in the region.
On April 26, 20007, the MODIS on the Aqua satellite captured this image of the area, and through a parting in the thin clouds, several fires (locations marked in red) were detected in the Barry Mountains. These mountains were devastated by huge bushfires in December 2006 and January 2007.
