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Large fires continue to spread across Australia’s Cape York Peninsula in late October 2003. This image of numerous fires (marked in red) was captured by the <a HREF="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) on the <a HREF="http://aqua.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Aqua</a> satellite on October 31, 2003. Smoke hangs over the scene from fires...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=18981
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Oct 30, 2009
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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These true- and false-color images from the <a HREF="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) from October 2002, show numerous fires burning across Western Australia (left) and Northern Territory (right). The boundary between the two falls along a north-south line running just right of the center of the image. In the false-color image, vegetation appears in shades of green, naturally...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=3865
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Nov 3, 2009
11/09
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Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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This true-color <a HREF="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) image from the <a HREF="http://aqua.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Aqua</a> satellite on April 16, 2003, shows scattered fires along the southwest corner of Australia. The fires were detected by MODIS and are marked with red dots. Sensor: Aqua/MODIS. Data Start Date: 4/16/03....
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=5249
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Oct 30, 2009
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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These true- and false-color images from the <a HREF="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) from October 2002, show numerous fires burning across Western Australia (left) and Northern Territory (right). The boundary between the two falls along a north-south line running just right of the center of the image. In the false-color image, vegetation appears in shades of green, naturally...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=3951
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Oct 30, 2009
10/09
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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These true-color <a HREF="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) images from late fall 2002 and early winter 2003 show fires (red dots) burning throughout eastern Australia. The whole continent has endured an especially brutal fire season as a result of a record-breaking drought. Sensor: Aqua/MODIS. Data Start Date: 10/3/02. Data End Date: 10/3/02.
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=4437
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Oct 30, 2009
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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On May 13, 2002, MODIS detected numerous bushfires in northern Australia. It is still fairly early in the fire season there, and these fires may be agricultural or prescribed burns intended to lower the risk of more sever fires later in the dry season. Sensor: Terra/MODIS. Data Start Date: 5/13/02.
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=2815
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Smoke from numerous brush fires continued to pour out of eastern Australia. This oblique SeaWiFS view was collected on December 27, 2001. Sensor: OrbView-2/SeaWiFS. Data Start Date: 12/27/01.
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=2287
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Oct 30, 2009
10/09
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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This MODIS image from April 10, 2002, shows the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. Along the eastern coast lies the Great Barrier reef, whose coral islands are like a brilliant necklace along the shore. Sensor: Terra/MODIS. Data Start Date: 4/23/02. Data End Date: 4/23/02.
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=3025
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Nov 3, 2009
11/09
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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Seasonal rains fell across western Australia in late January 2003 and led to mild flooding along the Fitzroy River. Some of the flooding can be seen in the false-color images of this series, acquired on March 4 and 9, 2003, by the <a HREF="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) instrument flying aboard the <a HREF="http://terra.nasa.gov/"...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=5239
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Nov 3, 2009
11/09
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Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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A straight line of fires (marked with red dots) in Australia’s “Top End” is probably the result of aerial burning, where prescribed fires are set using incendiaries dropped from aircraft. Scattered fires are spread throughout the region in this true-color <a HREF="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) image from the <a HREF="http://aqua.nasa.gov"...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=5398
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NASA -- Image by Daniel Rosenfeld, Hebrew University of Israel
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This false-color image over Australia, produced using NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) data, shows where pollution from human industry reduced clouds' particle sizes. Polluted clouds may rain less frequently then unpolluted clouds because the pollutants prevent water droplets from growing large enough to precipitate. Blue areas are cloudless, while purplish-red areas are covered by thick clouds comprised of large droplets. The yellowish-green and orange streaks are clouds...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=751
Radio Image of XTE J1550-564 (June 2000). This image of XTE J1550-564 was taken with the Australia Telescope Compact Array on June 1, 2000. The stationary black hole is seen at the center of the image and the eastern jet clearly appears in the radio wavelengths. The diagonal tilts of the sources in the image are instrumental artifacts. (Credit: ATCA)
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2002/xtej1550/more.html
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Nov 3, 2009
11/09
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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A forest fire near the south coast town of Walpole, Australia, is being reported as one of the largest in memory. This <a HREF="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) image from March 11, 2003, shows the active fire marked with a red outline. According to media reports the fire is not currently threatening any homes, but the prodigious amount of smoke is hampering visibility on...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=5243
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Nov 4, 2009
11/09
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (<a href="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov">MODIS</a>) onboard NASA’s <a href="http://terra.nasa.gov/">Terra</a> satellite captured this true-color image of Tropical Cyclone Monty located 140 miles east of Learmonth, Australia on March 2, 2004. Since moving inland the storm has diminished in strength and now has maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour. As of March 2,...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=6980
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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, at NASA GSFC
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In northwestern Australia, fires continue to dot the landscape on May 22, 2002. Fires have been burning in this region since early April, and may be part of a planned burn program that seeks to reduce uncontrolled fire danger later in the dry season.Please note that the high-resolution scene provided here is 500 meters per pixel. For a copy of the scene at the sensor's fullest resolution, visit the <a HREF="http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2002142-0522"...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=17782
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Image by Jesse Allen, based on data from the at NASA-GSFC
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North Australia has the largest and most frequent fires on the whole continent. Grasslands and tropical savannas dominate the region, flourishing during the rainy season and drying to tinderbox conditions after the rains pass. By some estimates, as much as half of the area covered by savanna woodlands, such as the Cape York Peninsula (shown at right), burns every one to two years.The most devastating fires usually occur late in the dry season, which runs from May until October. In this...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=18091
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A forest fire near the south coast town of Walpole, Australia, is being reported as one of the largest in memory. This <a HREF="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) image from March 11, 2003, shows the active fire marked with a red outline. According to media reports the fire is not currently threatening any homes, but the prodigious amount of smoke is hampering visibility on...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=18374
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NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, at NASA GSFC. The image is available in .
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A massive low-pressure system treated eastern Australia to wild weather on February 2, 2005. The storm brought destructive winds, heavy rain, low temperatures, and even snow to parts of Australia when the southern continent should be at the peak of summer. This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (<a href="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov">MODIS</a>) image, captured at 2:10 p.m. Queensland time by NASA’s <a...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=19834
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Nov 5, 2009
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NASA image courtesy the Goddard Space Flight Center.
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Scores of fires, most of them probably related to agriculture, were burning in the southeastern part of Australia on April 26, 2006. This image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer <a href="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov">(MODIS)</a> on NASA’s <a href="http://aqua.nasa.gov">Aqua</a> satellite. Places where MODIS detected actively burning fires are marked in red.The high-resolution image...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=20630
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NASA image courtesy the at NASA GSFC.
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Several large fires were burning in the forests of the Darling Range in southwestern Australia on May 10, 2006. The fires may be controlled burns, set to manage forest land in an effort to prevent large, uncontrolled forest fires, or they may have natural causes. This photo-like image of the fires was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (<a href="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov">MODIS</a>) on NASA’s <a...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=20669
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Oct 30, 2009
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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These true-color images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) from August 2002, show numerous fires burning across Western Australia (left) and Northern Territory (right). In the image from August 10, the line between Western Australia and Northern Territory is roughly in the center of the image. In the false-color images, vegetation is bright green, and burned areas appear reddish brown. Naturally bare soil appears pinkish. Sensor: Terra/MODIS. Data Start Date: 8/3/02....
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=3941
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Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, at NASA GSFC
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Large fires continue to burn throughout the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. This image was captured by the <a HREF="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) on the <a HREF="http://aqua.nasa.gov">Aqua</a> satellite on October 31, 2002, and shows the fires marked with red dots. Sensor: Terra/MODIS.
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=4276
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Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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Tropical Cyclone Fay appeared to be moving ashore over Western Australia on March 25, 2004, when the <a href="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) on the <a href="http://terra.nasa.gov/" target="outlink">Terra</a> satellite captured this image. With winds of 139 kilometers per hour (86 miles per hour), and gusts up to 166 kilometers...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=6296
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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These MODIS images show the progression of fires in Northern Territory and Western Australia in the early dry season of 2002. Since it is early in the dry season, these fires may be part of a prescribed burning program that clears fuels from high-risk areas where later-season fires could be more devastating. Sensor: Terra/MODIS. Data Start Date: 4/4/02. Data End Date: 4/4/02.
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=3720
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STS031-152-0DL Hamersley Range, Western Australia, Australia April 1990 The entire Hamersley Range is visible in this synoptic view of northwestern Australia. This folded range of mountains (seen as a darker green-brown area in the center of the image) trends generally east-west and is bounded north and south by two river valleys (somewhat linear, lighter colored areas). The Fortescue River is the relatively narrow valley north of the mountains and the broader valley south of the mountains is...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-31/html/sts031-152-0dl.html
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Oct 30, 2009
10/09
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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These true- and false-color images from the <a HREF="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) from October 2002, show numerous fires burning across Western Australia (left) and Northern Territory (right). The boundary between the two falls along a north-south line running just right of the center of the image. In the false-color image, vegetation appears in shades of green, naturally...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=4500
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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, at NASA GSFC
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On May 13, 2002, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) detected numerous bushfires in northern Australia. It is still fairly early in the fire season there, and these fires may be agricultural or prescribed burns intended to lower the risk of more severe fires later in the dry season.Please note that the high-resolution scene provided here is 500 meters per pixel. For a copy of this scene at the sensor's fullest resolution, visit the <a...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=2767
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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The normally dry salt pan lakes of Western Australia began to fill in the wake of two tropical storms, Monty and Evan, in late February and early March 2004. Salt pan lakes form where evaporation exceeds rainfall. Such lakes typically fill seasonally, and then disappear, leaving the salty minerals that give them their name. These <a href="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) images,...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=6397
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Jacques Descloitres, Louis Giglio, MODIS Land Science Team, NASA GSFC
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This recent MODIS image shows active fires (red outlines) in Northern Australia. These data were produced using the MODIS Active Fire Detection Product. Sensor: Terra/MODIS. Data Start Date: 10/2/00.
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=1537
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Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
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The clear skies over the ocean around Tasmania revealed numerous eddies to the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS) on new year's day, 2001. Sensor: OrbView-2/SeaWiFS. Data Start Date: 1/1/01.
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=1558
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Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
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SeaWifs captured this view of the fires in eastern Australia. The smoke can be seen trailing off to the east. Sensor: OrbView-2/SeaWiFS. Data Start Date: 12/28/01.
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=2289
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. Sensor: Terra/MODIS. Data Start Date: 5/30/02. Data End Date: 5/30/02.
Topic: Where -- Australia
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10/09
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Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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Australia has suffered through one of the most severe droughts in its recorded history over the past few months. Compounded by a strong El Niño, the dry season has resulted in major crop losses and widespread wildfires across the continent. This <a HREF="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) image of eastern Australia shows active fires burning on January 7, 2003. Sensor:...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=4439
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Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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With sustained winds near 64 km per hour (40 mph), Tropical Cyclone Graham (20S) was located approximately 200 miles northeast of Port Hedland, Australia, on Feb. 28, 2003, and was drifting southeastward at 6 km per hour (3 mph). This true-color image of the outer bands of clouds in the storm hitting the coast was acquired on February 28, 2003, by the <a HREF="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=5179
The radio data of supernova remnant N63A was observed with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) on May 23, 1991. The radio light is brightest in the central region of the remnant, which appears as a triangular-shaped "hole" in the X-ray data. The field of view is the same as the Chandra image. Scale:
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/n63a/more.html
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Oct 30, 2009
10/09
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Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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On the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia, numerous active fires (red dots) continue to blacken the landscape. A long, fierce drought, likely brought on by El Niño, has been devastating the region for months. A return to normal rainfall patterns is expected early in 2003. This true-color image was acquired by the <a HREF="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) on the...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=4449
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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, at NASA GSFC
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Though waters have receded a bit from last week's levels, the Fitzroy River in northwestern Australia continues to overflow its banks. The false-color image of the flood (top) was acquired on March 3, 2002, by the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA?s <a href="http://terra.nasa.gov/" target="outlink">Terra</a> spacecraft.The flooding began a week and a half ago when roughly 300 mm of rain poured down on the...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=17651
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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, at NASA GSFC
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Numerous fires continue to burn in Western Australia and the Northern Territory, as seen in this image from the <a HREF="http://modarch.gsfc.nasa.gov/" target="outlink">Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> on NASA's <a href="http://terra.nasa.gov/" target="outlink">Terra </a> satellite, acquired on April 29, 2002.Please note that the high-resolution scene provided here is 500 meters per...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=17728
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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, at NASA GSFC
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Grasslands and tropical savannas dominate northern Australia. These landscapes dry dramatically after the rainy season and become extremely fire prone. The most devastating fires usually occur late in the dry season, which runs from May until October. In this true-color <a HREF="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) image from October 10, 2002, numerous large fires on the Cape York...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=18096
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Image courtesy the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
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The Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS), flying aboard the OrbView-2 satellite, captured this view of what appears to be a large dust storm (light brown pixels) blowing across eastern Australia on October 23, 2002. The smoke plumes from a number of wildfires burning in the region are also visible. Sensor: OrbView-2/SeaWiFS.
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=18120
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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Heavy rains starting on January 12, 2004, brought widespread flooding to Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. Though high rivers have isolated towns and destroyed livestock, the water is a welcome relief after years of drought in the region. The waters have caused more than $20 million in damage to roads in Queensland, and sections of New South Wales have been declared natural disaster zones. But despite this, damage has been minimal. The floods are a normal part of the wet season, and,...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=6130
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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A massive low-pressure system treated eastern Australia to wild weather on February 2, 2005. The storm brought destructive winds, heavy rain, low temperatures, and even snow to parts of Australia when the southern continent should be at the peak of summer. This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (<a href="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov">MODIS</a>) image, captured at 2:10 p.m. Queensland time by NASA’s <a...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=6416
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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In the dry grasslands and savannas of eastern Northern Territory, Australia, bushfires spread rapidly in dry fuels during the transition from dry season to wet. This pair of images from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (<a href="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov">MODIS</a>) on NASA’s <a href="http://terra.nasa.gov/">Terra</a> satellite shows how rapidly three large fires, marked with red dots, spread between...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=6413
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Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
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Near the center of the SeaWiFS image lies a region whose greenness is in stark contrast to the surrounding landscape. This site comprises the more or less contiguous floodplain in the middle reaches of the Fortescue River and is a major breeding ground in Western Australia. Sensor: OrbView-2/SeaWiFS. Data Start Date: 6/13/00.
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=697
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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained courtesy of the team.
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By Tuesday evening (local time), January 24, 2006, news reports from southwestern Western Australia indicated that damp, cool weather had lessened—but not eliminated—the fire risk posed by a large blaze that had been threatening the towns of Yarloop, Waroona, and Hamel. This image shows the fires in that region on January 22, 2006. The image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer <a...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=20441
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Image courtesy the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
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There was a large low-pressure system off Australia's southern coast on February 20, 2002. This true-color image was acquired by the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS), flying aboard the Orbview-2 satellite. Sensor: OrbView-2/SeaWiFS. Data Start Date: 2/20/02.
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=2486
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These true-color images from NASA’s <a HREF="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) show a portion of the eastern hemisphere Antarctic coastline. The image from October 18, 2001, shows the sculpted Sabrina (left) and Banzare (right) Coasts. The image from October 21, 2001, shows a slightly broader view, and shows the coastline farther east: (left to right) Knox, Budd, Sabrina, and...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=3854
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On the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia, numerous large fires were detected by the <a HREF="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> on the <a HREF="http://aqua.nasa.gov">Aqua</a> satellite on October 19, 2002. Burn scars are especially prominent on the western half of the Peninsula as dark brown patches against the dun-colored landscape. Sensor: Terra/MODIS.
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=4133
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Grasslands and tropical savannas dominate northern Australia. These landscapes dry dramatically after the rainy season and become extremely fire prone. The most devastating fires usually occur late in the dry season, which runs from May until October. In this true-color <a HREF="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) image from October 10, 2002, numerous large fires on the Cape York Peninsula are marked with...
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=4116
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This <a HREF="http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer</a> (MODIS) image from the <a HREF="http://aqua.nasa.gov" target="outlink">Aqua</a> satellite on March 13, 2003, shows a large forest fire (marked in red) and smoky skies over the southern Australia coast. Sensor: Aqua/MODIS.
Topic: Where -- Australia
Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=18380
