In February 2013, fires raged near Grampians Nationals Park in Victoria.
Published Feb 18, 2013When a bushfire tore through an Australian astronomical observatory in January 2013, fire-prevention lessons from a decade earlier paid off. An image from the Terra satellite shows the small but crucial patch of forest that survived the blaze.
Published Feb 7, 2013Tasmania’s Southwest National Park was the scene of a large bushfire that burned through a fire-adapted ecosystem during an extreme heatwave in January 2013.
Published Jan 28, 2013The Terra satellite captured this image of the charred landscape near Dunalley after intense bushfires tore through the area. The fire destroyed about 30 percent of the buildings in the town.
Published Jan 27, 2013The Yarrabin fire burned more than 10,000 hectares in New South Wales. It was one of numerous bushfires that burned throughout Australia when an intense heat wave struck the continent in January 2013.
Published Jan 16, 2013An intense heat wave that struck Australia in January 2013 fueled damaging fires not only in Tasmania but in central Australia as well. Satellites captured images of the fires during the night and day on January 9.
Published Jan 11, 2013Exceptional heat fueled fires across Australia in January 2013. Tasmania and New South Wales were among the hardest-hit areas.
Published Jan 11, 2013Record-breaking temperatures have fueled fires across Australia. In New South Wales, firefighters fought numerous fires across the densely-populated state on January 9, 2013.
Published Jan 9, 2013Extreme heat and strong winds fueled destructive bushfires across Tasmania in January. The Terra satellite captured this view of the fires on January 7, 2013.
Published Jan 7, 2013Though abundant, wildfires in northern Australia’s tropical savannas tend to be less destructive than blazes in the south.
Published Nov 28, 2012The Terra satellite observed smoke, wildfires, and river sediment in northern Australia on October 13, 2012.
Published Oct 21, 2012Intense bushfires in northern Australia spawned pyrocumulus clouds in October 2012.
Published Oct 9, 2012