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Data acquired June 23 - 23, 2003 900 x 700 112 KB - JPEG
Data acquired June 23 - 23, 2003 1800 x 1400 375 KB - JPEG
Data acquired June 23 - 23, 2003 3600 x 2800 1 MB - JPEG
On June 23, 2003, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite captured this image of a dust storm blowing out over the Mediterranean Sea from Morocco (bottom left) and Algeria (bottom right). At top left is Spain. The northern reaches of the Sahara Desert (bottom) are blocked from the Mediterranean by the coastal Atlas Mountains.
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Published June 23, 2003 Data acquired June 23 - 23, 2003