
Credit:
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Dust storms sweep regularly over the Atlantic Ocean from Africa᾿s Sahara Desert. This series of true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) images from Spring 2000 shows large volumes of dust blowing from the continent.
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Metadata
Sensor:
Terra - MODISData Date:
February 29 - 29, 2000Visualization Date:
January 4, 2003

