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Data acquired June 19, 2016 720 x 418 JPEG
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Data acquired June 19, 2016 3336 x 4272 10 MB Bytes - JPEG
Data acquired June 19, 2016 3336 x 4272 25 MB - GeoTIFF
In mid-June 2016, winds lofted thick plumes of dust from northern Africa’s deserts high into the air.
NASA Earth Observatory image (top) by Jesse Allen, using Suomi NPP OMPS data provided courtesy of Colin Seftor (SSAI). NASA image (bottom) by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Suomi NPP is the result of a partnership between NASA, NOAA, and the Department of Defense. Caption by Kathryn Hansen.
Published June 23, 2016 Data acquired June 19, 2016