• MODIS Pic of the Day 06 January 2023

    From Dan Richter@1:317/3 to All on Fri Jan 6 11:00:14 2023
    January 6, 2023 - Dust near Lake Chad

    Dust blows across Chad, Niger and Nigeria
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    Multiple plumes of dust spread over central Africa in early January
    2023. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on
    board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of the
    airborne dust on January 4.

    The dust rises from several areas around Lake Chad, which just below
    the center of the image. The light-colored plume in the upper right
    comes from the Bodele Depression in Chad, a common source of dust in
    this region. Between the mountain ranges in Chad, low-lying land
    creates a natural wind tunnel. This natural feature enables wind to
    kick up dust and sometimes to transport it halfway around the world,
    providing the Amazon with fertile soil.

    Image Facts
    Satellite: Terra
    Date Acquired: 1/4/2023
    Resolutions: 1km (1.7 MB), 500m (4.6 MB), 250m (2.6 MB)
    Bands Used: 1,4,3
    Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



    https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2023-01-06

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