[EU] Dust Plume over Eastern Mediterranean Sea, 2001/05/13

2001/133 - 05/13 at 08 :55 UTC


Springtime constitutes the most favorable period for Sahara dust outbreaks and transport over Eastern Mediterranean. The Terra/MODIS image on 13 May 2001 (08:55 UTC) shows the thick dust plume (as a yellow veil) is well depicted, being transported from Libya over the Eastern Mediterranean .