The beginning of the dry season also brings the beginning of the burning season to fire-prone savannas and grasslands.
Published May 10, 2014
As is common during the dry season, satellites detected many fires in Northern Territory.
Published Jun 11, 2018
At the beginning of the dry season, fires are burning in the savanna grasslands of northern Australia.
Published Jun 18, 2014
This image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite on June 17, 2009, shows fires (locations outlined in red) burning across the Top End and spreading thin plumes of smoke toward the northwest.
Published Jun 18, 2009
Three massive fires burn in this image of Australia’s Northern Territory taken on September 27, 2011.
Published Sep 27, 2011
Though fires are larger and more frequent at the end of the dry season, several fires burned in Western Australia and Northern Territory in April 2015.
Published Apr 9, 2015
Many large fires burn across central Australia in this image from September 30, 2011.
Published Oct 1, 2011
Land managers in the Kimberley region of Australia set low-intensity, controlled fires early in the dry season to protect from destructive blazes later in the year.
Published Apr 12, 2013
Fire is ubiquitous, both a tool and a destructive force. Like plants, fire grows and wanes in seasons.
Published Dec 31, 2008
This true-color image shows large fires burning in a national park and a nature reserve in Bolivia on September 8, 2010.
Published Sep 9, 2010
