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Data acquired May 6 - 6, 2002 1000 x 1300 171 KB Bytes - JPEG
Data acquired May 6 - 6, 2002 2000 x 2600 571 KB Bytes - JPEG
Data acquired May 6 - 6, 2002 4000 x 5200 2 MB Bytes - JPEG
It almost seems like a giant broom is sweeping the sands of western Africa’s Sahara Desert out of Mauritania and into the Atlantic Ocean in this MODIS image from May 6, 2002. Fires are burning in the savannas to the south, in (clockwise from left) Senegal, Mali, Guinea, and Guinea Bissau.
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Published May 11, 2002 Data acquired May 6 - 6, 2002