File:Dust in Chad and Libya (MODIS).jpg
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A long plume of camel-colored dust stretched across Chad and Libya on June 13, 2023, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of the scene.
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English: A long plume of camel-colored dust stretched across Chad and Libya on June 13, 2023, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of the scene.
The dust appears to originate in the Depression du Mourdi, east of the Tibesti Massif in Chad and blows towards the northeast to cross into Libya. Although not visible in this image, the plume appeared to be continuous with additional dust moving along the same track that blew across the Nile River Delta and Cairo, Egypt on that same day. Northern Chad and all of Libya except for the Mediterranean coast sit within the Sahara Desert, the largest hot desert on Earth and the world’s largest source of airborne dust. Dust storms can arise at any time of the year, with spring and fall the most frequent times in Chad and Libya. with storms arising any time of the year when strong winds blow. In Libya and Chad, dust storms are most frequent in spring and fall. |
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| Date | Taken on 13 June 2023 | ||
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| Author | MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC |
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