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Dust over Cape Verde

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Dust over Cape Verde
April 25, 2002

The skies over Cape Verde were filled with dust blowing westward from the African Sahara on April 25, 2002. This true-color image of the event was acquired by the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA’s Terra spacecraft.

Please note that the high-resolution scene provided here is 500 meters per pixel. For a copy of this scene at the sensor’s fullest resolution, visit the MODIS Rapidfire site.

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

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