
Credit:
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Glacial silt along the Copper River in Alaska is picked up by the wind and carried out over the Gulf of Alaska. This true-color MODIS image from October 26, 2001, shows a large gray dust plume spreading out over the Gulf. West of the Copper River Delta, Cook Inlet is full of sediment.
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Terra - MODISData Date:
October 26, 2001Visualization Date:
October 26, 2001

