Saharan Dust over the Mediterranean Sea

  • Credit

    Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Plumes of Saharan Desert dust (tan pixels) were blowing off the coast of Libya northward over the Mediterranean Sea on Sept. 10, 2003. This true-color image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA´s Aqua satellite.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Aqua/MODIS

  • Visualization Date

    2003-09-10