File:Fires on Cape Barren Island, Australia (MODIS 2016-12-12).jpg
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The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite captured a true-color image of the fire on December 6.
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English: Multiple fires burned on Cape Barren Island, Australia through early December 2016, pumping a large plume of gray smoke into the air and consuming 30,780 hectares of vegetation in just eight days. The Tasmanian Fire Service reported that the fire near Thundering and Lightning Bay was started on December 4 and continued on December 12.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite captured a true-color image of the fire on December 6. Red “hot spots” mark area where the thermal bands on the instrument detected high temperatures. When combined with smoke, as in this image, such hot spots mark actively burning fire. The heavy smoke rises from the multiple hot spots then coalesces, spreading east and then southeast. |
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Date | Taken on 6 December 2016 | ||
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Author | Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC |
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