Saharan dust off West Africa

  • Credit

    Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Dust storms sweep regularly over the Atlantic Ocean from Africa᾿s Sahara Desert. This series of true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) images from Spring 2000 shows large volumes of dust blowing from the continent.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS
  • Visualization Date

    2003-01-04