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NASA MODIS Image of the Day: December 30, 2007 – Dust over the Gulf of California

By SpaceRef Editor
December 30, 2007
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NASA MODIS Image of the Day: December 30, 2007 – Dust over the Gulf of California
NASA MODIS Image of the Day: December 30, 2007 - Dust over the Gulf of California

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Dust blew southward over the Gulf of California on December 25, 2007.

The MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite took this picture the same day.

In this image, beige plumes of dust sweep over the gulf, arcing slightly toward the southwest. Below the dust, the ocean water appears pale blue-green, likely resulting from sediment or shallow water. The dust appears thickest immediately south of the paler ocean water, and much thinner plumes of dust appear in the south.

SpaceRef staff editor.