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Data acquired April 9 - 9, 2003 900 x 700 135 KB - JPEG
Data acquired April 9 - 9, 2003 1800 x 1400 452 KB - JPEG
Data acquired April 9 - 9, 2003 3600 x 2800 1 MB Bytes - JPEG
North of the Caspian Sea (bottom) in Kazakhstan, a dust storm was blowing over the arid plains on April 9, 2003. The swath of dust is sharply defined on its eastern end, and trails off to the northwest. At the western edge of the Caspian Sea, fires (red dots) were detected in the Volga River Delta by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite.
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Published April 11, 2003 Data acquired April 9 - 9, 2003