Fires on the Cape York Peninsula

Credit: Jeff Schmaltz; MODIS team; NASA , Posted on: Sunday, 23 August 2009, 07:49 CDT Download full size image

Numerous large fires were burning across the grasslands and savannas of Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula on August 15, 2009, when the MODIS on the Aqua satellite captured this image. Places where the sensor detected actively burning fire are outlined in red. There were reports of a grass fire near the Mission River, which is on the western side of the peninsula. Natural resource managers in northern Australia use fire to he Numerous large fires were burning across the grasslands and savannas of Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula on August 15, 2009, when the MODIS on the Aqua satellite captured this image. Places where the sensor detected actively burning fire are outlined in red. Natural resource managers in northern Australia use fire to help maintain native grassland and control exotic species. Many of the fires in this image may be land-management fires set by public or private land managers; this hot and dry region is prone to frequent fires.lp maintain native grassland and control exotic species. Many of the fires in this image may be land-management fires set by public or private land managers; this hot and dry region is prone to frequent fires.

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