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   June 9, 2022 - Saharan Dust over the Caribbean and South America   
      
      Saharan Dust over the Caribbean & South America   
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      On June 1, 2022, strong winds blew a thick layer of dust from the   
      Sahara Desert, pushing it westward over the Atlantic Ocean. The dense   
      dust plume continued to grow in size and length, and by June 6, the   
      leading edge of the massive river of dust reached South America. The   
      dust plume stretched more than 3,500 miles (5,630 km) and covered more   
      than 2.2 million square miles (5.7 million square km).   
      
      On June 7, 2022, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer   
      (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of   
      Saharan Dust over the Caribbean and South America. Dust hovers over   
      northern Venezuela as well as many of the Caribbean Islands, including   
      Aruba and Curacao near the coast of South America and Puerto Rico and   
      the Dominican Republic, seen in the north of the image. The Saharan   
      dust is expected to reach the Gulf of Mexico over the next few days and   
      is expected to color skies over Texas and possibly other southern U.S.   
      states by June 12.   
      
      The Sahara Desert is by far Earth’s largest source of airborne dust,   
      and the storms can arise at any time of year. In winter and spring   
      storms, Saharan dust often ends up fertilizing the nutrient-poor soils   
      of the Amazon rainforest. Dust storms in the summer tend to loft   
      material higher into the atmosphere, allowing plumes to travel   
      thousands of kilometers on high-level winds. Those summer seasonal wind   
      patterns can carry the dust from Africa to the Caribbean and the Gulf   
      of Mexico. Plumes of dust recently reached Florida, Texas, and other   
      southern U.S. states in mid-May 2022.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 6/7/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (375.7 KB),  500m (1.2 MB),  250m (3.7 MB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-06-09   
       
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