Dust Plumes off the West Coast of Africa

Acquired July 2, 2009, this natural-color image shows a massive arc of Saharan dust over the Atlantic Ocean, stretching well over 1,000 kilometers west of the African coast.

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NASA image courtesy MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center. Caption by Michon Scott.

Published July 2, 2009
Data acquired July 2, 2009

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Terra > MODIS