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English: Dust and Smoke off the West Coast of Africa
Dust and smoke mixed over the Atlantic as the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite took this picture on July 28, 2007. In this image, a beige dust plume hundreds of kilometers long blows off the west coast of Africa in a clockwise direction, toward the northwest. West of that plume is another, lighter plume, which may consist of dust or some combination of dust and smoke. As the dust blows off the Sahara, a plume of pale gray smoke blows off Gran Canaria [due to an important forest fire], also curving toward the northwest. While the smoke largely skirts Tenerife, it heads straight for San Sebastián [La Gomera island] and Santa Cruz [La Palma island].
Español: Humo y polvo en suspensión de la costa oeste de áfrica
El polvo y el humo se mezclaron sobre el Atlántico, como puede apreciarse en esta imagen del sistema de observación MODIS obtenida desde el satélite Aqua de la NASA el 28 de julio de 2007. En esta imagen, la gran cantidad de polvoen suspensión proveniente de la costa oeste de África en sentido de las agujas del reloj, hacia el noroeste. Al oeste de esa nube de polvo se encunetra otra, más ligera, que puede consistir en el polvo o una cierta combinación del polvo y de humo. Mientras que el polvo proviene del Sáhara, la nuve de humo gris pálido tiene su origen en Gran Canaria [debido a un importante incendio forestal], y toma también una dirección curvada hacia el noroeste. La larga nube de humo bordea gran parte de la isla de Tenerife pasando sobre San Sebastían [isla de La Gomera] y Santa Cruz [isla de La Palma]. |
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| Source | MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
| Author | NASA GSFC |
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