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   June 23, 2022 - Dust over the Caspian Sea   
      
      Dust Plume over the Caspian Sea   
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      A long, thick plume of dust stretched across western Turkmenistan and   
      over the Caspian Sea on June 22, 2022. The Moderate Resolution Imaging   
      Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a   
      true-color image of the scene on that same day.   
      
      Riding prevailing winds, the dust plume was carried westward and curved   
      northward. The dark tan plume was so thick that it obscured the view of   
      the waters below. A thinner blanket of dust spreads northward, covering   
      the Garabogazköl basin, a shallow lagoon that is almost completely   
      separated from the Caspian Sea by a narrow stretch of land. A small   
      break in the land allows minimal mixing of waters.   
      
      Although the source of the sandstorm isn’t visible in this image, it   
      appears to have risen from the Karakum Desert, a massive arid region   
      that occupies nearly seventy percent of Turkmenistan. Sandstorms are   
      one of the most common natural hazards in Turkmenistan and occur more   
      than 140 days each year in some areas of the country.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 6/22/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (531.3 KB),  500m (1.3 MB),  250m (873 KB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-06-23   
       
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