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Collection:
NASA Earth Observatory Collection
Title:
Dust Blowing over the Red Sea
Description:
Between eastern Africa (left) and Saudi Arabia (right) a dust cloud was blowing over the Red Sea on June 18, 2003, and was captured in this image from the Mod erate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqu a satellite. An especially dense plume of dust (tan pixels) sits about halfway up the East African coastline, which is right at the border of Sudan (north) and Eritrea (south).

Image by Jesse Allen, based on data from the MOD IS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
Satellite - Sensor:
Aqua- MODIS
facet_what:
Aqua
facet_where:
Saudi Arabia
facet_where:
Red Sea
facet_where:
Sudan
facet_where:
Eritrea
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
June 18, 2003
facet_when_year:
2003
UID:
SPD-ETOBS-10725
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Dust Blowing over the Red Sea