File:AustralianBushfire1-30-2009.jpg

Summary
A satellite image showing smoke emerging from fires, Victoria, Australia, 30 January, 2009.

Exacerbated by a record-breaking heatwave, the bushfires have burned at hundreds of thousands of hectares, hundreds of homes and killed at least 60 people across Victoria state.

The red box indicates the location of the fire.

Main image: Reuters Pictures, found at: DayLife.com, inset, adapted from: Reuters Pictures, All contents © copyright 1999-2009 Getty Images, Inc. All rights reserved.