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   June 4, 2023 - Dust over the Nile River Delta   
      
      Dust over Nile   
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      On June 2, 2023, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer   
      (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of   
      a massive cloud of dust stretching across the green Nile River Delta   
      and the Mediterranean Sea.   
      
      The cloud of dust appears impressive from space, but on Earth the   
      sandstorm proved even more dramatic as a blistering hot and strong   
      khamsin wind carried a tower orange wall of dust from the Great Sand   
      Sea northward. News photographers as well as residents captured   
      heart-stopping photos of the oncoming cloud of dust in Cairo, Egypt and   
      near the Suez Canal, then published them across various social media   
      platforms and news outlets.   
      
      According to news reports, the vicious winds dropped a large billboard   
      on a busy road in Cairo, killing at least one person and injuring   
      others. Trees were toppled and residents were warned to stay inside,   
      with windows closed. After the frontal edge of the dust storm passed,   
      light rain followed, carrying some airborne dust to the ground as   
      blistering temperatures registering about 104˚F (40˚C) cooked the   
      region.   
      
      The khamsin is a hot, dry, dusty wind that blows across North Africa   
      from the south or southeast in early spring and late winter. It is   
      created by a center of low pressure moving over the Sahara Desert. The   
      frontal edge of the khamsin wind carries extremely dry and very hot air   
      from the desert as well as large amounts dust and sand northward. It   
      may blow continuously for three or four days, but as it passes it   
      usually is followed by much cooler air. Satellite imagery showed that   
      this particular sandstorm affected northern Egypt on June 1-2, but   
      skies were nearly clear by June 3.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 6/2/2023   
      Resolutions:  1km (489.6 KB),  500m (1.1 MB),  250m (706.5 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=2023-06-04   
       
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