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Dust Storm Off Southern Coast of Iceland

 
Dust Storm Off Southern Coast of Iceland
download large image (1 MB, JPEG) acquired January 28, 2002

The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA’s Terra satellite, captured this true-color image of Iceland on January 28, 2002. There appear to be large plumes of brownish dust blowing out over the North Atlantic from Iceland’s southern coast.

Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC

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Terra - MODIS
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