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Waves of Dust Over the Red Sea

Gravity waves in the atmosphere were made visible by dust blowing from the Sahara Desert.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Waves of Dust Over the Red Sea.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using MODIS data from LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published June 15, 2018
Data acquired June 11, 2018

Source:: Aqua > MODIS