Dust Over the Central Mediterranean

Credit: Jesse Allen; MODIS team; NASA, Posted on: Tuesday, 27 May 2008, 06:45 CDT Download full size image

Dust plumes blew off the north African coast and over the Mediterranean Sea on May 19, 2008. The MODIS on the Aqua satellite took this picture the same day.

In this image, the translucent dust plumes blow off the coast of Libya (lower left), only barely obscuring the satellite’s view of the ocean. The dust mingles with cloud cover, particularly in the northeast. Clouds are especially thick in the southeast. The clouds could be associated with the same weather system that stirred the dust. Sicily is visible near the center top of the image.

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