October 14, 2020 - Dust over Arabian Sea

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   Plumes of dust were blowing southward over the Arabian Sea on October
   13, 2020 when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
   on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of the sandy
   scene.

   Several light beige streamers of dust rise from the coast of Pakistan
   and are blown southward on strong winds. The largest plume appears to
   come from the border of Pakistan and Iran. Further south, a swirl of
   dust colors the sky over the Arabian Sea. This swirl most likely
   originated east of this sandstorm on October 12, when a broad blanket
   of dust was carried by the wind from closer to the Indus River.

   Sandy deserts cover much of southern Pakistan and Iran, and the sand
   seas of the region often give rise to dust storms. Sandy deserts also
   cover large parts of Oman, although it does not appear that the dust in
   this image arises from that country.

   Image Facts
   Satellite:  Aqua
   Date Acquired: 10/13/2020
   Resolutions:  1km (164.6 KB),  500m (568 KB),  250m (1.6 MB)
   Bands Used: 1,4,3
   Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



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