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Description: On February 2, 2003, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite detected fires (red dots) still burning in southeast Australia. A shroud of smoke hangs over Victoria and stretches out over the Bass Strait. These fires have been burning for about one month.
Title: Bushfires Southeastern Australia
Credit: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=5025 Transferred from English Wikipedia, original upload 27 November 2004 by Diceman as en:Image:Bushfires Southeastern Australia.jpg
Author: Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
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