Acquired on January 4, 2010, and December 22, 2009, these false-color images show the difference heavy rains can make on usually dry land. The image from January 2010 shows a newly created water body in New South Wales.
Acquired January 6, 2011, and December 12, 2010, these false-color images show the area around Goodooga, the first New South Wales community to be affected by Queensland flood waters moving south.
Floods continued to spread across the interior of Australia in late January 2011, with high waters apparent in Queensland, New South Wales, and South Australia.