Saharan Dust over the Cape Verde Islands

Dust from the Sahara Desert blowing out from the West Coast of Africa on April 27, 2003, had reached the Cape Verde Islands on April 28. This image of the dust plume was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite.

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Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published April 29, 2003
Data acquired April 28 - 28, 2003

Source:

Aqua > MODIS

Topics:

Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Deserts

Biosphere > Terrestrial Habitat > Desert

Collection:

MODIS Rapid Response