Dust plumes blew off the coast of Libya and over the Mediterranean Sea on 13 May, 2010. Thick dust blows northwards off the African coast, past the island of Kriti (Crete), and toward Peloponnisos (Peloponnese). In places, the dust is thick enough to completely hide the land or sea surface below. Source points for the dust storm are not obvious in this image, and the dust may have arisen far inland. More than 90% of Libya’s land surface is desert or semi-desert, and sand seas sprawl over much of the country’s arid interior
Photograph: MODIS/Aqua/NASA
The Guardian
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