April 3, 2022 - Dust over the Mediterranean Sea
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Strong winds carried a cloud of Saharan dust off the coast of Libya in
the opening days of April 2022. The Moderate Resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a
true-color image of the dust storm on April 1.
The dust, arising from the interior of the country, created a blanket
so thick that the blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea was obscured
from view near the northern African coast. In the east a dense
camel-colored plume of dust stretched more than 1,500 km (930 mi),
crossing over part of Greece and reaching the Black Sea.
Like other North African countries, Libya readily supplies material for
dust storms. The country has a Mediterranean climate along the coast,
but inland, the land is dry desert. In fact, over 90 percent if Libya’s
land area is either desert or semi-desert. Dust storms are one of the
primary natural hazards of the region.
Image Facts
Satellite: Terra
Date Acquired: 4/1/2022
Resolutions: 1km (314.5 KB), 500m (870.6 KB), 250m (3.2 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=2022-04-03
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