Images & Animations
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Credit
Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
A large plume of Saharan Desert dust was blowing over Libya and northward across the Mediterranean Sea on May 6.
A large plume of Saharan Desert dust (brownish pixels) was blowing over Libya and northward across the Mediterranean Sea on May 6. Part of the Italian island of Sicily can be seen (top center) in this scene, but it is mostly obscured by cloud and dust.
Metadata
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Sensor
Terra/MODIS -
Start Date
2002-05-06 -
Event Start Date
2002-05-06 -
NH Image ID
3633 -
NH Event ID
3619 -
NH Posting Date
2002-05-10
