SeaWiFS: Northwest African Dust and Bloom

SeaWiFS: Northwest African Dust and Bloom

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

This SeaWiFS image captured on October 18, 2001 offers a view of dust blowing out of northwest Africa. In the lower left corner of the image, the green water of a large phytoplankton bloom off the Mauritanian coast is visible through the dusty air.

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  • Sensor:

    OrbView-2 - SeaWiFS

  • Data Date:

    October 18, 2001

  • Visualization Date:

    October 18, 2001
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