Sahara Dust Storm

Acquired April 22, 2010, this natural-color image shows a dust plume spanning hundreds of kilometers in western Africa. A wall of dust appears to advance toward the southeast in Burkina Faso and Niger.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Sahara Dust Storm.

NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Michon Scott.

Published April 23, 2010
Data acquired April 22, 2010

Source:: Aqua > MODIS