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July 11, 2023 - Saharan Dust over the Mediterranean

   Saharan Dust over the Mediterranean
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   Dust from the Sahara Desert blew over the Mediterranean Sea in early
   July 2023. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on
   board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of the storm on
   July 10.

   Spanning about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles), the plume covered the
   Spanish island of Mallorca (west) as well as Italy’s islands of
   Sardinia (center) and Sicily (east). Ample dust also reaches the
   Italian mainland, but the skies over Corsica—the island north of
   Sardinia—remain relatively clear.

   Although a source for this dust isn’t visible in this image, it appears
   to have risen from the Sahara Desert near the border between Algeria
   and Mali. Sand seas extend over large portions of the Sahara, including
   in Algeria, Mali, and Mauritania. Such sand seas provide ample material
   for dust storms, which can occur at any time of the year.

   Image Facts
   Satellite:  Aqua
   Date Acquired: 7/8/2023
   Resolutions:  1km (234.5 KB),  500m (786.1 KB),  250m (2.4 MB)
   Bands Used: 1,4,3
   Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2023-07-11
 
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