February 8, 2004
Arcing plumes of tan-colored dust hang over the blue waters of the Red Sea in this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image captured on February 8, 2004, by the Terra satellite. The plumes originate on the Arabian Peninsula (image right) and stretch toward northeastern Africa (bottom left). Dust storm activity has been high across a large part of Africa and the Middle East during early February. The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions.
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Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
