March 28, 2002JPEG
This SeaWiFS view of Alaska and the Bering Sea, collected on March 28, 2002, shows snow and ice cover on the surface (where cloud cover allows). Also visible are brownish patches near the center left and lower right of this scene that appears to be dust from Asia.
Image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
Another wave of Asian dust was observed arriving on the northwestern shores of North America from the massive dust storm that originated in China on March 17, 2002. This latest SeaWiFS scene was acquired on April 13.


Acquired in early November 2012, these images show two dust plumes that may have had very different sources.
