Terra Tracks Atlantic Dust Storms

Observations from different sensors on NASA’s Terra satellite are combined to track the spread of Saharan dust across the Atlantic Ocean.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Terra Tracks Atlantic Dust Storms.

NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using MISR data obtained from the Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center and MODIS data from the Goddard Level 1 and Atmospheric Archive and Distribution System (LAADS). Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.

Published December 24, 2009
Data acquired June 22, 2009