Fires in New Guinea

Fires in New Guinea

Dozens of fires were burning across southern New Guinea, north of Australia, on September 18, 2003. This image of the fires was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite, and shows active fire detections marked with yellow.

Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC