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Dust storm in Chad

Dust storms from the Sahara regularly whip through central Africa. These images show Lake Chad (green splash) roughly in the image center, and (clockwise from upper left) Niger, Chad, Cameroon, and Nigeria. In Chad, scattered fires (red dots) were detected by MODIS as well. A dust storm in northern Chad softens the top part of the image.


Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published January 5, 2003
Data acquired January 3 - 3, 2003

Source:
Terra > MODIS
Topics:
Atmosphere > Aerosols > Dust/Ash
Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Fires
Collections:
MODIS Rapid Response
Visible Earth