Mauritania

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.

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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published June 15, 2002
Data acquired June 7 - 7, 2002

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Topics:

Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Deserts

Biosphere > Terrestrial Habitat > Desert

Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Fires

Collection:

MODIS Rapid Response