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On Febuary 6, 2003, strong winds blew Saharan dust from Libya and Egypt out across the Mediterranean Sea. The plume can be seen in the above image acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Aqua spacecraft.
Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
A large plume of dust from the Saharan Desert was blowing northward over Egypt and Libya and across Mediterranean Sea on Febuary 6, 2003.
Acquired January 29, 2011, this natural-color image shows a dust plume blowing out of Egypt and over the Mediterranean Sea.
Lighter in color than the desert beneath it, a large dust storm curls in a comma shape over Egypt and Libya in this natural-color image from May 26, 2010.
Acquired January 29, 2011, this natural-color image shows a dust plume blowing out of Egypt and over the Mediterranean Sea.
Lighter in color than the desert beneath it, a large dust storm curls in a comma shape over Egypt and Libya in this natural-color image from May 26, 2010.