Fires in Australia’s Kakadu National Park

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.

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Fires in Northern Australia

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Fires in Northern Territory, Australia

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Early Dry Season Fires in Northern Australia

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Fires in Northern Territory, Australia

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Fires in Northern Australia

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Early Dry Season Fires in Northern Australia

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Late Dry Season Fires in Northern Territory

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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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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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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 Northwest Australia

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Wildfires in Northern Australia

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