Dust Storm over Libya
February 19, 2013
This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from February 28, 2003, shows a dust storm over Libya in northern Africa. A large dark splotch on the tan desert landscape mark the lava fields left behind during the Sahara´s volcanic past.
Credit: Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Topics:
Disaster Accident, Physical geography, Earth, Meteorology, Environment, Bodélé Depression, Dust storm, Dust, Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, Storm, Libya, Sahara
