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On July 24, 2003, a Saharan dust storm was draped over the Atlantic Ocean and the Canary Islands off northwest Africa. This image of the event was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite.
Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
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