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DescriptionFires in Northern Territory, Australia.jpg
English: Satellite image of fire activity in central Australia.
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Jeff Schmaltz
Image captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite.
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