North African Dust Storm

This is an eastward-looking, oblique view of northern Africa collected by SeaWiFS. Thick clouds of dust can be seen blowing northward out of Libya and Egypt across the eastern Mediterranean. The Nile River valley and delta and the Sinai peninsula are visible in the background.

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

Published February 18, 2000
Data acquired February 18, 2000

Source:

OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS

Topic:

Atmosphere > Aerosols > Dust/Ash