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   June 17, 2023 - Dust in Chad and Libya   
      
      Dust   
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      A long plume of camel-colored dust stretched across Chad and Libya on   
      June 13, 2023, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer   
      (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of   
      the scene.   
      
      The dust appears to originate in the Depression du Mourdi, east of the   
      Tibesti Massif in Chad and blows towards the northeast to cross into   
      Libya. Although not visible in this image, the plume appeared to be   
      continuous with additional dust moving along the same track that blew   
      across the Nile River Delta and Cairo, Egypt on that same day.   
      
      Northern Chad and all of Libya except for the Mediterranean coast sit   
      within the Sahara Desert, the largest hot desert on Earth and the   
      world’s largest source of airborne dust. Dust storms can arise at any   
      time of the year, with spring and fall the most frequent times in Chad   
      and Libya. with storms arising any time of the year when strong winds   
      blow. In Libya and Chad, dust storms are most frequent in spring and   
      fall.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 6/13/2023   
      Resolutions:  1km (435.7 KB),  500m (1 MB),  250m (443.7 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=2023-06-17   
       
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