June 23, 2022 - Dust over the Caspian Sea
Dust Plume over the Caspian Sea
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A long, thick plume of dust stretched across western Turkmenistan and
over the Caspian Sea on June 22, 2022. The Moderate Resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a
true-color image of the scene on that same day.
Riding prevailing winds, the dust plume was carried westward and curved
northward. The dark tan plume was so thick that it obscured the view of
the waters below. A thinner blanket of dust spreads northward, covering
the Garabogazköl basin, a shallow lagoon that is almost completely
separated from the Caspian Sea by a narrow stretch of land. A small
break in the land allows minimal mixing of waters.
Although the source of the sandstorm isn’t visible in this image, it
appears to have risen from the Karakum Desert, a massive arid region
that occupies nearly seventy percent of Turkmenistan. Sandstorms are
one of the most common natural hazards in Turkmenistan and occur more
than 140 days each year in some areas of the country.
Image Facts
Satellite: Aqua
Date Acquired: 6/22/2022
Resolutions: 1km (531.3 KB), 500m (1.3 MB), 250m (873 KB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-06-23
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