NASA MODIS Image of the Day: December 1, 2008 – Dust over the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
NASA MODIS Image of the Day: December 1, 2008 - Dust over the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
Dust plumes blew off the north coast of Africa and over the eastern Mediterranean Sea in late November 2008.
The MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of the region on November 23, 2008, around 1:15 p.
m. local time (11:15 UTC). In this image, the gray-beige dust plumes contrast with the navy blue ocean but mingle with the clouds over Cyprus, Syria, and Turkey. The dust plumes likely arose from Saharan dust. The beginnings of the storm blowing off the African coast were visible on the previous day.
