East of Churchill, Victoria, a burn scar left by one of the deadly Australian bushfires in February 2009 sprawls across the landscape in this image captured by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite on March 14.
Published Mar 18, 2009
The fires and resulting burn scars shown in these true-color images help maintain healthy savanna ecosystems in South Africa's Kruger National Park.
Published Sep 25, 2010
The fire has burned tens of thousands of hectares in a park prized for its ecological diversity.
Published Oct 24, 2017
Established in 1975, the park saw fur traders nearly two centuries earlier, and it supported human inhabitants thousands of years before that. Today, almost a third of the park is water, and travel through the park is usually by boat.
Published Oct 1, 2006
In late February 2008, Kenya’s Lake Nakuru National Park suffered a major blow when an accidental fire scorched a large section of the relatively small park.
Published Mar 6, 2008
