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African Dust Reaches Northern Europe

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2024-04-16 12:00:00
April 16, 2003

This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from April 16, 2003, shows African dust blowing over Scotland (left) and across the North Sea to Norway and even southward to Denmark. A few fires have been detected by MODIS and are marked with red dots.

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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC

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