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Data acquired July 7, 2004 900 x 1200 240 KB - JPEG
Data acquired July 7, 2004 1800 x 2400 862 KB - JPEG
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Transparent veils of dust stream off of Namibia’s coast into the southern Atlantic Ocean in this true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image acquired by the Aqua satellite on July 7, 2004. The dust follows the wind arcing toward the south, while above and below white clouds cast black shadows on land and sea. Underneath the clouds, bright orange sand marks the Namib Desert, which is home to some of the tallest sand dunes on the planet—some reaching from 150-300 meters in height, and visible from space in the high-resolution 250-meter image.
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Published July 7, 2004 Data acquired July 7, 2004