June 5, 2021 - Dust off Nambia and South Africa

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   Dust off Nambia and South Africa
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   Plumes of orange dust blew off the coast of southwestern Africa in
   early June 2021. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
   (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this true-color image on
   June 3.

   Two large parallel plumes stream westward over the dark waters of the
   South Atlantic Ocean along the southern coast, while several broader
   and fainter plumes blow off the northern coast. All appear to rise from
   the sands of the Namib Desert, a cool coastal desert that stretches
   about 1,200 miles (2,000 km) from southern Angola to northern South
   Africa. The largest section lies in Namibia and appears as an
   orange-tinted sand sea. The southern plumes rise in South Africa, south
   of the Orange River which marks the boundary between Namibia and South
   Africa. The fainter plumes flow from the Sand Sea in Namibia.

   Image Facts
   Satellite:  Terra
   Date Acquired: 6/3/2021
   Resolutions:  1km (1 MB),  500m (2.9 MB),  250m (1.7 MB)
   Bands Used: 1,4,3
   Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



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