Dust Over the Gulf of California

Credit: Jeff Schmaltz; MODIS team; NASA, Posted on: Sunday, 30 December 2007, 06:11 CST Download full size image

Dust blew southward over the Gulf of California on December 25, 2007. The MODIS on NASA's Aqua satellite took this picture the same day. In this image, beige plumes of dust sweep over the gulf, arcing slightly toward the southwest. Below the dust, the ocean water appears pale blue-green, likely resulting from sediment or shallow water.

The dust appears thickest immediately south of the paler ocean water, and much thinner plumes of dust appear in the south.

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