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   July 11, 2023 - Saharan Dust over the Mediterranean   
      
      Saharan Dust over the Mediterranean   
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      Dust from the Sahara Desert blew over the Mediterranean Sea in early   
      July 2023. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on   
      board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of the storm on   
      July 10.   
      
      Spanning about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles), the plume covered the   
      Spanish island of Mallorca (west) as well as Italy’s islands of   
      Sardinia (center) and Sicily (east). Ample dust also reaches the   
      Italian mainland, but the skies over Corsica—the island north of   
      Sardinia—remain relatively clear.   
      
      Although a source for this dust isn’t visible in this image, it appears   
      to have risen from the Sahara Desert near the border between Algeria   
      and Mali. Sand seas extend over large portions of the Sahara, including   
      in Algeria, Mali, and Mauritania. Such sand seas provide ample material   
      for dust storms, which can occur at any time of the year.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 7/8/2023   
      Resolutions:  1km (234.5 KB),  500m (786.1 KB),  250m (2.4 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=2023-07-11   
       
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