Mexican Dust and Vortex Street

This SeaWiFS image shows dust plumes coming off of Baja California as well as from the main body of Mexico. Also visible is a long vortex street being shed by the island of Guadalupe.

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Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

Published January 3, 2000
Data acquired January 3, 2000

Source:

OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS

Topics:

Atmosphere > Aerosols > Dust/Ash

Oceans > Ocean Winds > Vorticity