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Images & Animations
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Credit
Jacques Descloitres
Thick tan streamers of dust blow out from the Western Sahara over the Atlantic Ocean in this true-color Aqua MODIS image from New Year's Day 2005. The Saharan Desert dust stretches for a few hundred kilometers off the coast, while underneath the veil blue-green sediment creates a halo along the shore. At the bottom edge of the dust storm, a phenomenon similar to atmospheric gravity waves creates ripples pointing toward land.
Metadata
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Sensor
Aqua/MODIS -
MODIS Bands
1,4,3 -
Display Date
January 5, 2005