Dust over the Arabian Sea

These true-color sceneS show a heavy dust storm blowing along Pakistan’s southern coast and out over the Arabian Sea on December 14, 2003. Much of the dust appears to be coming from the Great Indian Desert along the Pakistani-Indian border, image right. The first scene was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA’s Terra satellite. The MODIS sensor aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired the second image later that same day.

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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published December 15, 2003
Data acquired December 14 - 14, 2003

Source:

Aqua > MODIS

Topics:

Atmosphere > Aerosols > Dust/Ash

Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Deserts

Biosphere > Terrestrial Habitat > Desert

Collection:

MODIS Rapid Response