Haze Over the Atlantic

Credit: Jeff Schmaltz; MODIS team; NASA, Posted on: Sunday, 20 August 2006, 09:16 CDT Download full size image

Two days after excessive haze collected over the eastern United States, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of haze traveling over the Atlantic, on August 4, 2006. Although the origin of this haze wasn’t certain, it likely resulted from urban smog exacerbated by summer heat.

In this image, the haze appears as a dingy pale film over the ocean. North of the haze are opaque white clouds. South of the haze is a band of sunglint—a reflection of the Sun’s light that bounces off the ocean surface and into the satellite sensor.

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