Dust Over the Eastern Mediterranean

On April 4, 2003, Aqua MODIS captured this image of a dust storm blowing over the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.

A large plume of dust is reaching out over the eastern Mediterranean Sea in this image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite on April 4, 2003. The dust obscures the green fan of vegetation at the Nile River Delta (just to the lower left of center) as well as the island of Cyprus to the northeast. In southern Turkey (top) snow is visible in the rugged coastal mountains.

The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at MODIS’ maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Aqua/MODIS

  • Start Date

    2003-04-03

  • Event Start Date

    2003-03-04

  • NH Image ID

    10132

  • NH Event ID

    8624

  • NH Posting Date

    2003-04-07