For almost a week, dust has been sweeping over the Red Sea (center) from East Africa. This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) from the Aqua satellite shows the region on June 25, 2003. A thick dust plume (tan pixels) is stretching out from the Sudan coastline (left) and has almost reached Saudi Arabia (right). The entire scene is thinly veiled with a layer of dust, giving the image a soft appearance.
Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
For more than a week, dust has been sweeping over the Red Sea from east Africa. The ongoing dust storm appears to have intensified in this Aqua MODIS image over the region on July 9, 2003.