October 5, 2022 - Dust over the Iberian Peninsula
Dust over the Iberian Peninsula
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A sweeping dust storm carried dust from the Sahara Desert over the
Mediterranean Sea and the Iberian Peninsula in early October 2022. The
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s
Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of the thick plume of dust
on October 3.
The dust appears to have originated from Erg Chech, an inhospitable and
arid sand sea located in southwestern Algeria near the border with
Mali. Satellite imagery shows a plume of tan dust rising from that
location on October 1 and curling over Portugal and Spain by October 3.
By October 4 the dust was beginning to thin, especially over Portugal.
Local media reports that sandy skies, with the potential of mud-tinted
rain, is expected to continue through October 6.
Image Facts
Satellite: Aqua
Date Acquired: 10/3/2022
Resolutions: 1km (2.2 MB), 500m (6.1 MB), 250m (13.3 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=2022-10-05
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