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Data acquired February 6 - 6, 2003 1200 x 900 262 KB - JPEG
Data acquired February 6 - 6, 2003 2400 x 1800 825 KB - JPEG
Data acquired February 6 - 6, 2003 4800 x 3600 2 MB - JPEG
On Febuary 6, 2003, strong winds blew Saharan dust from Libya and Egypt out across the Mediterranean Sea. The plume can be seen in the above image acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Aqua spacecraft.
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Published February 6, 2003 Data acquired February 6 - 6, 2003