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Sahara Dust Over the Red Sea

Billows of dust rise over the Sahara Desert of northeastern Africa in this image from June 8, 2010.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Sahara Dust Over the Red Sea.

NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published June 9, 2010
Data acquired June 8, 2010

Source:: Aqua > MODIS