SeaWiFS: African Dust over Europe

In this SeaWiFS image captured on October 30, 2001, the skies over western Europe were full of dust from Africa. The dust was lifted over the Sahara by persistent strong winds.

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

Published October 30, 2001
Data acquired October 30, 2001

Source:

OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS

Topic:

Atmosphere > Aerosols > Dust/Ash