Dust storm over Libya

  • Credit

    Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from February 28, 2003, shows a dust storm over Libya in northern Africa. A large dark splotch on the tan desert landscape mark the lava fields left behind during the Sahara´s volcanic past.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Aqua/MODIS

  • Visualization Date

    2003-03-05