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Saharan dust over the Mediterranean Sea

A far-reaching cloud of dust is stretching out from Tunisia's vast deserts (bottom and left), over the Mediterranean Sea to Sardinia (north) and Sicily (east). This image was acquired by MODIS on March 3, 2002.


Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published March 6, 2002
Data acquired March 3, 2002

Source:
Terra > MODIS
Collection:
Visible Earth