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Data acquired October 19, 2002 540 x 503 JPEG
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This true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image shows a large plume of dust (light brown pixels) blowing westward from Syria over the island of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. This scene was acquired on October 19, 2002, by the MODIS sensor aboard NASAs Aqua satellite.
Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
Published October 21, 2002 Data acquired October 19, 2002