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NASA Earth Observatory Collection
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NASA Earth Observatory Collection
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Dust Blowing off West Africa
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Dust Blowing off West Africa
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This scene shows Saharan Desert dust blowing westward over the Atlantic off the West African coast toward the Cape Verde Islands. Such plumes have appeared intermittently in satellite images since October 3. This true-color image was acquired on October 11, 2003, by the Mod erate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra satellite. The high resolution image provided above is at MODIS’s maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters per pixel. Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MOD IS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
Description
This scene shows Saharan Desert dust blowing westward over the Atlantic off the West African coast toward the Cape Verde Islands. Such plumes have appeared intermittently in satellite images since October 3. This true-color image was acquired on October 11, 2003, by the Mod erate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra satellite. The high resolution image provided above is at MODIS’s maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters per pixel. Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MOD IS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC Description
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Aqua- MODIS
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Aqua- MODIS
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Terra
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Terra
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Aqua
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Aqua
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Cape Verde
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Cape Verde
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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October 11, 2003
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October 11, 2003
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2003
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2003
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UID:
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SPD-ETOBS-11772
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