On June 23, 2003, the modis.gsfc.nasa.gov Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the terra.nasa.gov/ 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 rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2003174-0623/NorthAfrica.A2003174.1055.250m.jpg 250 meters.
Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
| Date Taken: | 07.23.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 10.10.2012 12:11 |
| Photo ID: | 689557 |
| Resolution: | 1800x1400 |
| Size: | 412.3 KB |
| Location: | WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US |
| Web Views: | 13 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
