Dust Storm over Mauritania

A thick plume of dust (light brown) blew over southern Mauritania toward the tropical Atlantic Ocean, on April 27, 2003. In the high-resolution version, waves and other structure can be seen in the dust plume. The towns of Rosso and Bogue, Mauritania, are completely obscured by the dust.

This true-color image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), aboard the Aqua satellite, on April 27.

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Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published April 28, 2003
Data acquired April 27 - 27, 2003

Source:

Aqua > MODIS

Collections:

MODIS Rapid Response

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