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Dust Along the African Coast

Image of the Day for June 7, 2000

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Jun 07, 2000
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The Sea-viewing Wide field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) captured thistrue color scene of dust streaming from thedeserts along the southwestern coast of Africainto the Atlantic ocean on June 6, 2000.

In late February and early March 2000 much largerdust storms swept dust from the Sahara desert allthe way to Mexico and the East Coast of the United States.

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Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE.

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