COLLECTION NAME:
Fire and Smoke Image Gallery
Record
Title:
Fires in Queensland
Creator:
NASA
Description:
Multiple bushfires burned across Queensland's Cape York Peninsula on November 14, 2008, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead and captured this image. Made from a combination of visible and infrared light, the image highlights the location of hotspots (outlined in red) and burned areas (reddish brown). Vegetation is bright green, and bare or sparsely vegetated ground is pinkish-tan. In this kind of satellite image, the intense pink glow within the fire outlines is often a sign of open flames. Image credit: NASA's MODIS Rapid Response Team Text credit: Rebecca Lindsey, NASA's Earth Observatory
Date:
11/19/08
Identifier:
292047main_290909main_capeyork_AMO_2008319_lrg_full_full
MediaType:
Image
MediaType:
Image
Year:
2008
What:
Aqua
What:
Earth
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