• MODIS Pic of the Day 20 March 2022

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    March 20, 2022 - Dust off the Arabian Peninsula

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    Heavy sheets of dust blew from the southern Arabian Peninsula and
    across the Gulf of Aden in mid-March 2022. The Moderate Resolution
    Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite
    acquired this true-color image on March 18.

    Additional images acquired on March 17 revealed that the broad plumes
    originated from the Arabian Peninsula’s Empty Quarter hung heavily over
    Yemen on that day. By the next day, the thick dust had broadened into
    thinner sheets and was heading off the coast of Yemen and Oman in its
    way to northeastern Africa. The Empty Quarter, also known as the Rub’
    al Khali holds plentiful material for dust storms. Considered empty
    because it has so few human inhabitants, the Empty Quarter contains
    about half as much sand as the entire Sahara Desert. It extends over
    portions of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates,
    and is a source of frequent dust storms across the region.

    Image Facts
    Satellite: Terra
    Date Acquired: 3/18/2022
    Resolutions: 1km (200.8 KB), 500m (641.1 KB), 250m (2.5 MB)
    Bands Used: 1,4,3
    Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



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