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Saharan Dust over Canary Islands

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Feb 05, 2004
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2004-02-04 00:00:00
February 4, 2004

A widespread plume of Saharan Desert dust (tan pixels) blew off the northwest coast of Africa and directly over the Canary Islands on February 3, 2004. A day later, the dust storm continued, as shown in this true-color image acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite. This image is available in additional resolutions.

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

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