Dust over Cape Verde Islands

  • Credit

    Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

The skies over Cape Verde were slightly tinged a light brown as African desert dust blew overhead on March 18, 2002. This true-color image of the event was acquired by the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA's Terra spacecraft.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS
  • Visualization Date

    2002-03-18