Dust Plume Blows Over Mediterranean

dust-plume-egypt-mediterranean-110223-02 — (Image credit: NASA)

A dust plume stretched across the Mediterranean Sea on Feb. 23, 2011, from just west of the Nile Delta to just east of Kriti (Crete).

NASA's Terra satellite snapped a picture of the plume, which extends hundreds of kilometers across the ocean, mingling with clouds in the north.

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