COLLECTION NAME:
Fire and Smoke Image Gallery
Record
Title:
Fires in East Gippsland, Victoria
Creator:
NASA
Description:
Several bushfires were burning in state and national parks in the eastern corner of Victoria on March 31, 2009, spreading smoke across a large area of southern Victoria, including Melbourne (visible in large image). This image of the fires (outlined in red) was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite. Clouds were building across the area at the time of this image, and they delivered some rain later that day and evening, according to the April 1 fire status report from the Victoria Department of Sustainability and the Environment. Image credit: NASA's MODIS Rapid Response Team Text credit: Rebecca Lindsey, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Date:
4/2/09
Identifier:
324573main_victoriafire_20090331_full_full
MediaType:
Image
Year:
2009
What:
Aqua
Where:
Victoria
Where:
Melbourne
Where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
