SeaWiFS: African Dust over Europe

  • Credit

    Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

In this SeaWiFS image captured on October 30, 2001, the skies over western Europe were full of dust from Africa. The dust was lifted over the Sahara by persistent strong winds.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    OrbView-2/SeaWiFS
  • Visualization Date

    2001-10-30