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Data acquired April 27, 2004 600 x 800 120 KB - JPEG
Data acquired April 27, 2004 1200 x 1600 383 KB - JPEG
Data acquired April 27, 2004 2400 x 3200 951 KB - JPEG
A thin band of tan dust swept along the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea on April 27, 2004, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite captured this image. The countries shown here are, clockwise from the top, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Israel and Palestine, Lebanon, and the island of Cyprus.
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Published April 27, 2004 Data acquired April 27, 2004