An amazing photo taken by a woman as fires raged nearby seemed to mimic the Aboriginal flag.

South Australian woman Rose Fletcher took the photo at Victor Harbour as the sun rose on New Year's Day when fires near her home were at their worst.

'It was taken on New Year's Day, just after sunrise, when the fires were arguably at their worst, and hearts were heavy and people were frightened - me included,' Mrs Fletcher told Daily Mail Australia.

South Australian woman Rose Fletcher took the amazing photo (pictured) of the rising sun seemingly to re-creating the Aboriginal flag

This picture taken on December 31, 2019 shows a firefighter hosing down trees and flying embers in an effort to secure nearby houses from bushfires near the town of Nowra on the NSW south coast

'The rising sun was just a pale disc behind the layers of smoke over the Southern Ocean - and then, for just a few magic seconds, as it moved up through successively dense layers, it formed the Aboriginal flag.'

Towns on Australia's east coast have been plunged into darkness in the middle of the day recently, while others have witnessed the sky turn apocolyptic red as the fire front approached.

At least 24 people have died so far and dozens more are still missing so far this fire season. Authorities predict that number will rise.

In addition to the death toll, more than 1,500 homes and four million hectares of land have been wiped out.

Residents are pictured on the wharf at Mallacoota about 10.30am on Tuesday; Ms Marion's home was spared from the blaze but aerial footage on Wednesday showed multiple homes destroyed by the blaze

Allison Marion's photo of her son Finn fleeing the advancing bushfires in the seaside town of Mallacoota in Victoria's far east has become an symbol of this year's bushfire crisis

The Indigenous Flag The man who designed the flag, Harold Thomas, drew inspiration from Aboriginal people and their beliefs. The red ochre colour represents the earth and spiritual relation to the land. The bright yellow sun symbolises the belief that the sun is the giver of life and our protector. Advertisement

More than 500 million animals are feared to have perished.

Ms Fletcher said she recognised right away the power of the image and immediately went home to share it.

'So I went home and put it up on Facebook, hoping that those moments would speak to other people as they spoke to me, and the rest is history,' she said.

'Thousands of people picked it up and ran with it.'

The picture resonated with people on social media, gaining more than 5,000 shares and almost 600 comments.

'Wow. Ancestors are saying something,' one Facebook user wrote.

'Hauntingly beautiful,' another added.

'Says it all really, Aboriginal people looked after the land. Shame on our government in Australia,' a third responded.

She said she recognised right away the power of the image which looked almost identical to the Aboriginal flag (pictured) and immediately went home to share it