Credit:
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
These images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite show dust storms from Africa’s Sahara Desert blowing out over the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. Such dust events are not continual, though they are common.
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Metadata
Sensor:
Terra - MODISData Date:
April 23 - 23, 2002Visualization Date:
April 30, 2002
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