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NASA Earth Observatory Collection
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NASA Earth Observatory Collection
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Dust Storm off Egypt
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Dust Storm off Egypt
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A dust storm blew off the north coast of Africa along the Libyan-Egyptian border on September 15, 2005. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) flying onboard the Aqua satellite captured this image the same day. In this image, a dust storm fans out over the Mediterranean from the desert. In Egypt, two features stand out from the otherwise pale beige Saharan landscape. One is the Qattara Depression, the second-lowest region in Africa (after Lake Asal). The depression contains salty marshes, and at the bottom is a salt pan. The other feature is the green, fertile Nile Delta. NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
Description
A dust storm blew off the north coast of Africa along the Libyan-Egyptian border on September 15, 2005. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) flying onboard the Aqua satellite captured this image the same day. In this image, a dust storm fans out over the Mediterranean from the desert. In Egypt, two features stand out from the otherwise pale beige Saharan landscape. One is the Qattara Depression, the second-lowest region in Africa (after Lake Asal). The depression contains salty marshes, and at the bottom is a salt pan. The other feature is the green, fertile Nile Delta. NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC Description
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Aqua- MODIS
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Aqua- MODIS
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Aqua
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Aqua
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Egypt
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Egypt
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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September 15, 2005
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September 15, 2005
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2005
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2005
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UID:
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SPD-ETOBS-13138
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