Expanding Burn Scar in Northern Territory

A grass fire burning in Australia’s Northern Territory charred an area as large as Massachusetts in October 2014.

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Fires in Northern Australia

The beginning of the dry season also brings the beginning of the burning season to fire-prone savannas and grasslands.

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Bushfires in Northern Australia

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Bushfires in Northern Territory, Australia

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Fires in Northern Australia

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Fires in Northern Australia

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Fires in Northern Australia

At the beginning of the dry season, fires are burning in the savanna grasslands of northern Australia.

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Evolution of Pyrocumulus over California

In August 2014, MODIS captured an unusual view of mature pyrocumulus clouds billowing up from a fire along the border of California and Oregon.

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Fires in Northern Territory, Australia

Many large fires burn across central Australia in this image from September 30, 2011.

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Bushfires in Northern Territory, Australia

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Fires Down Under

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Fires in Northern Australia

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.

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Fires in Northern Australia

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Bushfires Menace Towns in Western Australia

The Terra satellite observed two large bushfires in Western Australia. One of them threatened the towns of Northcliffe and Windy Harbour.

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Fires on Cape York Peninsula and New Guinea

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Fires in Northwest Australia

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