Red Sea Dust

This is yet another SeaWiFS image of dust over the Red Sea. The dense dust cloud is also visible over Sudan just east of the Nile. The dust appears to be at a lower altitude than the water clouds in the image.

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Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

Published July 1, 1999
Data acquired July 1, 1999

Source:

OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS

Topic:

Atmosphere > Aerosols > Dust/Ash