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