Saharan Dust over the Mediterranean Sea

  • Credit

    Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image of a dust storm over the Mediterranean Sea was captured on August 19, 2003, by the Aqua satellite. Active fire detections have been marked with red dots.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Aqua/MODIS

  • Visualization Date

    2003-08-19