Large, twin plumes of dust blew eastward over the Nile River in northeastern Sudan on May 18, 2004. The Nile River is the dark, meandering ribbon that enters the upper lefthand side of this scene, turns sharply and runs southward down through the left center and wends its ways toward the bottom lefthand corner. The dust storms are the golden-brown smudges running from west to east in the center of the image. The plumes extend for hundreds of kilometers and appear to be traveling toward Sudanâs east coast and the Red Sea.
This true-color image was acquired on May 18, 2004, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASAâs Terra satellite. The image is available in additional resolutions.
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Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
