Dust remained in the air another day, two days after a major dust storm struck northern Africa on February 23, 2006. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) flying onboard the Terra satellite captured this image on February 25. By the time this image was acquired, the dust had moved toward the northeast over the Mediterranean Sea.
Published Feb 27, 2006
Acquired May 13, 2011, this natural-color image shows dust from the Gobi Desert over the Sea of Japan.
Published May 13, 2011
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