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Drought Exacerbates Australian Fires

Several years of dry conditions have set the stage for a fierce fire season in several southeastern states.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Drought Exacerbates Australian Fires.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin and Joshua Stevens, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview and soil moisture data courtesy of JPL and the SMAP Science Team. Story by Michael Carlowicz.

Published September 13, 2019
Data acquired September 12, 2019

Sources:: Aqua > MODIS; SMAP