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Dust plume off Australia East Coast

Fires continue to burn in New South Wales on October 23, 2002. This image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on the Terra satellite, and shows active fire detections marked with red dots. At the top and right side of the image, a large dust plume reaches out over Coral and Tasman Seas. The plume is coming from a dust storm in central Australia.


Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published October 24, 2002
Data acquired October 23 - 23, 2002

Source:
Terra > MODIS
Topics:
Atmosphere > Aerosols > Dust/Ash
Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Fires
Collections:
MODIS Rapid Response
Visible Earth