Dust Storm over the eastern Mediterranean Sea

  • Credit

    Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

A large plume of Saharan Desert dust (tan pixels) was blowing over Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean on May 10, 2003. This true-color image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA´s Aqua satellite.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Aqua/MODIS
  • Visualization Date

    2003-05-12