Sahara Dust Plume

  • Credit

    Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

The Azores are visible at the northwest edge of the dust plume in this SeaWiFS image. The Cape Verde Islands can be seen through the dust near the bottom of the image.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    OrbView-2/SeaWiFS
  • Visualization Date

    1998-11-01