SeaWiFS: Asian Dust over the Atlantic

Brownish aerosols around and over Nova Scotia and the Island of Newfoundland and points seaward can be seen in this SeaWiFS image taken on Arpil 20, 2001. This may be dust from storms in Asia, which happened almost two weeks earlier.

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

Published April 20, 2001
Data acquired April 20, 2001

Source:

OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS

Topic:

Atmosphere > Aerosols > Dust/Ash