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Dust Plumes over the Mediterranean Sea

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2013-05-29 00:00:00
May 29, 2013

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image of dust from North Africa swirling over the Mediterranean Sea on May 29, 2013.

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NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Adam Voiland.

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