File:Dust in Chad (MODIS 2020-06-15).jpg
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On June 11, 2020, NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of a massive dust storm over Chad.
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English: On June 11, 2020, NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of a massive dust storm over Chad.
The pale beige dust appears to rise from the Bodele Depression. Located in the southern Sahara Desert, a gap between mountain ranges creates a natural wind tunnel. Filled with loose sand and located in this wind tunnel, the Bodele Depression is the site of frequent dust storms. This particular storm spread southward across Chad and northern Nigeria for over 500 miles (805 km). The storm was also quite broad, covering both Chad and Niger, which lies west of Chad, with so much sand that most of the land underneath was obscured from view. A thinner veil intruded into the air over southwestern Sudan, to the east of Chad. |
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| Date | Taken on 11 June 2020 | ||
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| Author | MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC |
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