NASA - Burn Scars on Tasmania

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Burn scars on Tasmania

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Burn Scars on Tasmania

The top false-color image from the MODIS instrument on the Terra satellite from February 15, 2013, shows the enormous burn scars left behind by the past two months devastating bushfires in southeast Australia. In the false-color image, the burned areas are obvious—bright reddish brown against green vegetation. In the true-color image (bottom) the scars are not as obvious, but can still be detected as brown patches.

For more on the devasting bushfires in Tasmania, visit these links:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/fires/main/world/20130124-australia-scar.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/fires/main/world/20130109-tasmania.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/fires/main/world/20130108-tasmania.html

NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team, GSFC. Caption by Lynn Jenner.