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