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Collection:
NASA Earth Observatory Collection
Title:
Dust off Pakistan
Description:
Plumes of dust blew off the coasts of Pakistan and Iran on November 22, 2006. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) flying on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of the dust plumes blowing over the Arabian Sea the same day. In this image, the dust appears as elongated clouds of pale beige heading towards the southwest. The thickest plume blows off Pakistan, some 500 kilometers east of the border with Iran. Other plumes appear more transparent. As the plumes advance far enough off the coast, they appear to change direction, perhaps due to a weather system associated with the clouds in the south.

NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center
Satellite - Sensor:
Aqua- MODIS
facet_what:
Aqua
facet_where:
Arabian Sea
facet_where:
Iran
facet_where:
Pakistan
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
November 22, 2006
facet_when_year:
2006
UID:
SPD-ETOBS-13983
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Dust off Pakistan