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A Dust Bath for Cape Verde

Winter winds pick up sand from the Sahara and blow it over the North Atlantic islands.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens and Jeff Schmaltz, using MODIS data from LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Story by Mike Carlowicz and Holli Riebeek.

Published January 26, 2018
Data acquired January 22 - 23, 2018

Source:
Terra > MODIS
Collection:
MODIS Rapid Response