Libyan dust storm from space
NASA-GSFC PHOTO RELEASE
Posted: August 27, 2001

Dust

 
This image from NASA's SeaWiFS instrument aboard a commercial OrbImage satellite was collected on August 22 at 8:43 a.m. EDT. The view shows a significant dust storm originating in Libya and blowing out across the Mediterranean Sea.

Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFs Project and ORBIMAGE, Scientific Visualization Studio.