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Orbital View of Saharan Dust over the Iberian Peninsula

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
March 6, 2016
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Orbital View of Saharan Dust over the Iberian Peninsula
Saharan Dust
NASA

On Feb. 21, 2016 at 14:00 UTC, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite captured a true color image of Saharan dust over the Iberian Peninsula.
Credit: NASA/Goddard/Jeff Schmaltz/MODIS Land Rapid Response Team Larger image

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