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April 5, 2013 - Dust storm in Egypt (morning overpass)
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A dust storm blew through Egypt on March 22, 2013, obscuring parts of the Nile River and the Gulf of Suez. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this true-color image in the morning; MODIS on the Aqua satellite observed the storm in the morning. In both the morning and afternoon, dust stretched from northwestern Sudan toward northeastern Egypt.
Egypt lies within a broad band of dust-producing terrain that extends from northwestern Africa eastward to Mongolia. Outside of the Nile River Valley, Egypt’s land surface is a vast desert plateau rich in Saharan sand. Less than 3 percent of the land is arable, and less than 1 percent of the land supports permanent crops.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 3/22/2013
Resolutions:
1km ( B), 500m ( B), 250m ( B)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
A dust storm blew through Egypt on March 22, 2013, obscuring parts of the Nile River and the Gulf of Suez. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this true-color image in the morning; MODIS on the Aqua satellite observed the storm in the morning. In both the morning and afternoon, dust stretched from northwestern Sudan toward northeastern Egypt.
Egypt lies within a broad band of dust-producing terrain that extends from northwestern Africa eastward to Mongolia. Outside of the Nile River Valley, Egypt’s land surface is a vast desert plateau rich in Saharan sand. Less than 3 percent of the land is arable, and less than 1 percent of the land supports permanent crops.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 3/22/2013
Resolutions:
1km ( B), 500m ( B), 250m ( B)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
