Dust Storm in Sudan

  • Credit

    Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

A large dust storm (tan pixels) was blowing southward over the country of Sudan, in northeast Africa, on March 26, 2003. Also visible in this scene, a number of fires (indicated by red pixels) are burning in the southeastern (lower right) region of the country.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Aqua/MODIS
  • Visualization Date

    2003-03-28