Saharan Dust off Egypt
February 19, 2013
On Febuary 6, 2003, strong winds blew Saharan dust from Libya and Egypt out across the Mediterranean Sea. The plume can be seen in the above image acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Aqua spacecraft.
Credit: Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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Disaster Accident, Environment, Spaceflight, Earth, Spacecraft, Dust storm, Goddard Space Flight Center, Mineral dust, Dust, Sahara, Terra, Aqua, Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, Particulates, Technology Internet
