Dust storm over the Red Sea

Streamers of dust from the Afar Depression in northeastern Ethiopia are blowing out over Eritrea (to the north) and the islands of the Dahlak Archipelago in the Red Sea, which lies between northeastern Africa and the Middle East. The dark splotches in the depression are lava fields; the Afar region contains several active volcanoes. A few fires have been detected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite and are marked with red dots in this image from November 24, 20003.

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Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published November 24, 2003
Data acquired November 24 - 24, 2003

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Topics:

Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Fires

Solid Earth > Volcanoes > Eruption Dynamics

Solid Earth > Volcanoes > Volcanic Ash/Dust