A large plume of Saharan Desert dust (light brownish pixels) blew over Egypt northward and eastward over the Middle East, on February 3, 2003. In this scene, the dust plume appears particularly thick over the Red Sea (lower right), blowing eastward toward the Arabian Peninsula.
This true-color image was acquired on February 3, 2003, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra satellite. The high-resolution image available here is 500 meters per pixel. Visit the MODIS Rapid Response Team, for a copy of this scene at MODIS’ full resolution of 250 meters per pixel.
Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
