Dust Plumes off Western Africa

Acquired September 16, 2010, this natural-color image shows dust plumes blowing off the coast of western Africa and skirting Cape Verde.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Dust Plumes off Western Africa.

NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Michon Scott.

Published September 17, 2010
Data acquired September 16, 2010