Fires burned along the coast of Queensland, Australia on 17 October, 2009. The Modis on the Aqua satellite captured this image the same day. Red outlines indicate hotspots associated with actively burning fires. Thick plumes of smoke blow away from the fires predominantly toward the north-west, although two large clusters of fires west-southwest of Cairns send their smoke toward the south-west
Photograph: Aqua/MODIS/NASA
The Guardian
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