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Dust Storm over Morocco and
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Dust Storm over Morocco and Algeria |
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On June 23, 2003, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite captured this image of a dust storm blowing out over the Mediterranean Sea from Morocco (bottom left) and Algeria (bottom right). At top left is Spain. The northern reaches of the Sahara Desert (bottom) are blocked from the Mediterranean by the coastal Atlas Mountains. The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at MODIS' maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC |
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Dust Storm over Morocco and
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
On June 23, 2003, the modis.
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NorthAfrica.TMOA2003174
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2003-06-23 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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NorthAfrica.TMOA2003174 |
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West Africa : Image of the D
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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With its vast expanses of sa
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west_africa
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2001 |
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NASA -- Image by Reto Stöckli, Robert Simmon, and Brian Montgomery, NASA Earth Observatory, based on data from modarch.gsfc.nasa.gov/ MODIS |
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west_africa |
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Where Europe meets Africa: I
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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This natural-color satellite
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PIA04376
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2002 |
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NASA -- Image courtesy NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, www-misr.jpl.nasa.gov/ MISR Team. Jim Knighton ( jknighton@clear-light.com jknighton@clear-light.com ) of Clear Light Image Products produced the image mosaic. Please note that the image shown here is at a pixel resolution of approximately 1.1 kilometers, but a more detailed version at a resolution of 278 meters is available from the producer. Text by Clare Averill (Raytheon ITSS / Jet Propulsion Laboratory). |
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PIA04376 |
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Topography of Western Algeri
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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The margin of northwestern A
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ge_07946
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2005-10-25 |
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NASA -- Image by Robert Simmon based on data from the NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/ ASTER Science Team |
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ge_07946 |
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Topography of Western Algeri
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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The margin of northwestern A
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ge_07946
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2005-10-25 |
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NASA -- Image by Robert Simmon based on data from the NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/ ASTER Science Team |
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ge_07946 |
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Morocco : Image of the Day
nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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This true-color image over M
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modis_morocco
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2000-04-23 |
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NASA -- Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Group, NASA GSFC |
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modis_morocco |
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Where Europe meets Africa
PIA04376
Sol (our sun)
Multi-angle Imaging SpectroR
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Where Europe meets Africa |
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Data from a portion of the imagery acquired by the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer's vertical-viewing (nadir) camera during 2000-2002 were combined to create this cloud-free natural-color mosaic of southwestern Europe and northwestern Morocco and Algeria. The image extends from 48°N, 16°W in the northwest to 32°N, 8°E in the southeast. It is displayed in Albers conic equal-area projection (a projection which is frequently used for equal-area maps of regions that are predominantly east-west in extent). From the northeast, the image traverses a portion of the Swiss Alps (partially snow-covered) and a small part of Italy's Po Valley. The northern portion of the image also includes the western coast of France and much of southern and southwestern France's undulating terrain, which continues until reaching the hills of the Pyrenees. The Pyrenees act as the natural frontier to the Iberian Peninsula -- a landmass comprised of Spain and Portugal. The Peninsular landscapes are extremely varied, with some almost desert-like, others green and fertile. About half of Spain is situated atop a high plain, known as the Central Plateau, and many mountain ranges, rivers, geological basement rock and vegetation types are found across this great plateau. The largest alluvial plain is Andalusia in the south, where the valley of the Guadalquivir River is shut in by mountain ranges on every side except the southwest, where the valley descends to the Atlantic. The islands of Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza are Spanish territories in the western Mediterranean. At the Strait of Gibralter, Spain and Morocco very nearly kiss, and Morocco appears relatively verdant along its northern coastal corner. The rugged Atlas Mountain ranges traverse northern Algeria and Morocco. The Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer observes the daylit Earth continuously from pole to pole, and every 9 days views the entire globe between 82 degrees north and 82 degrees south latitude. This data product was generated from a portion of the imagery acquired during 2000-2002. MISR was built and is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, for NASA's Office of Earth Science, Washington, DC. The Terra satellite is managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology. |
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Both sides of the Atlantic O
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Both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are visible from Apollo 8 spacecraft |
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Both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are visible in this view from the Apollo 8 spacecraft. The large, most prominent, land mass is the bulge of west Africa. The portion of Africa near the equator is dark and cloudy, but the more northerly portions are clear, showing the prominent cape at Dakar and the Senegal River in Senegal, Cap Blanc, the Adrar Plateau in Mauritania, the wide expanse of desert in Algeria and Spanish Sahara, and at the far edge, the Atlas and Anti-Atlas Mountains in Morocco. Clouds cover the eastern coast of South America, southward from Surinam and Guyana to near the City of Salvador, Brazil. This view was taken after tranlunar insertion. |
| Date Taken |
1968-12-22 |
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Payload Bay and Great Wester
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Payload Bay and Great Western Sand Sea, Algeria, Africa |
| Description |
Patterns of yellow and orange dunes of the Great Western Sand Sea of Algeria (29.5N, 1.5W) contrast with the black folded sedimentary rocks in the central Sahara Desert. A small dry riverbed, along the line between the thick sands and the black rocks brings in sediment from the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. Southwest winds blow sand from the bed to form a thick sand sheet on the downwind side of the river to contrast with the thin upwind dune strips. |
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1992-07-09 |
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