The large-scale fires in Australia and the images of the burned animals are in all media.

Now a photo from NASA is supposed to show how bad things are in Australia: You can see the entire continent, a large part of which is apparently in flames.

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We also received requests for the photo as a screenshot:

The alleged NASA photo of Australia
The alleged NASA photo of Australia

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Where is the photo from?

Let me say straight away: The picture does not come from NASA!

However, NASA has at least an indirect connection with the image because it is based on data from the US space agency.
The image was first on Instagram by photographer and digital artist Anthony Hearsey .

The descriptive text is in German:

“Visualization of the fires in Australia. This image was created using data from NASA satellites between
December 5, 2019 and January 5, 2020 . These are all areas that are or were affected by the bushfires. The scaling is a little too large due to the glow effect when rendering. Also note that not all areas are still burning.”

By FIRMS in the original English text, Anthony Hearsey means NASA 's Fire Information for Resource Management System .

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Conclusion

This is not a photo from NASA showing the current fires, but an artistic visualization of all fires based on NASA data that occurred within 30 days. The creator of the image also points out that the glow effect during rendering makes the fires appear larger than they actually are.

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