Detail View: NASA Earth Observatory Collection: Dust Storm near Lake Chad

Title: 
Dust Storm near Lake Chad
Description: 
Streaks of white dust from the Bodele Depression around Lake Chad (southwest of center) hang in the skies across the center of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Aqua satellite on November 16, 2003. In the bottom part of the image, a generous sprinkling of fires (marked with red dots) was detected across the Sahel and savanna regions of central Africa just south of the Sahara Desert. Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
Satellite - Sensor: 
Aqua- MODIS
facet_what: 
Aqua
facet_where: 
Chad
facet_when: 
November 16, 2003
facet_when_year: 
2003
UID: 
SPD-ETOBS-11848
original url: 
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=11848