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November 28, 2009 - Fire in the Western Australian Nuytsland Nature Reserve
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A thick plume of brownish smoke billowed from the Western Australia coast and over the Great Australian Bight on November 19, 2009, when the MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite passed overhead and captured this natural-color image. The area where MODIS detected actively burning fire is outlined in red.
This stretch of the southern Western Australia coastline is remote, and much of it is protected as the Nuytsland Nature Reserve. According to the state Department of Environment and Conservation, the fire was triggered by lightning in the second week of November, and it had burned about 30,000 hectares (74,130 acres) as of November 20.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Aqua
Date Acquired: 11/19/2009
Resolutions:
1km ( B), 500m ( B), 250m ( B)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
A thick plume of brownish smoke billowed from the Western Australia coast and over the Great Australian Bight on November 19, 2009, when the MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite passed overhead and captured this natural-color image. The area where MODIS detected actively burning fire is outlined in red.
This stretch of the southern Western Australia coastline is remote, and much of it is protected as the Nuytsland Nature Reserve. According to the state Department of Environment and Conservation, the fire was triggered by lightning in the second week of November, and it had burned about 30,000 hectares (74,130 acres) as of November 20.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Aqua
Date Acquired: 11/19/2009
Resolutions:
1km ( B), 500m ( B), 250m ( B)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
