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Dust Plumes off Libya

Two-toned dust plumes blew northward off the coast of Libya. While plumes in the west are beige, the plumes in the east are distinctly darker. The differences in color can be traced to the plumes’s varied origins.


NASA image courtesy of Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center.

Published November 1, 2007
Data acquired January 27, 2007

Source:
Terra > MODIS