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Dust over Eastern Australia

A wall of dust stretches from northern Queensland to the southern tip of eastern Australia in this photo-like satellite image from September 23, 2009.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Dust over Eastern Australia.

NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published September 24, 2009
Data acquired September 23, 2009

Source:: Terra > MODIS

Topic:: Atmosphere > Aerosols > Dust/Ash