Credit:
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
A number of thick plumes of Saharan Desert dust (light brown pixels) were blowing from Morocco toward the northwest over the Canary Islands off Africa.s northwest coast. This true-color image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA´s Aqua satellite on March 12, 2003.
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Sensor:
Aqua - MODISData Date:
March 12 - 12, 2003Visualization Date:
March 13, 2003
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