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Réf : V01040
Thème :
Feux - Poussières - Pollution (Terre vue de l'espace) (239 images)
Titre : Dust storm over the Canary Islands
Description : (La description de cette image n'existe qu'en anglais)
A thick pall of sand and dust blew out from the Sahara Desert over the Atlantic Ocean yesterday (January 6, 2002), engulfing the Canary Islands in what has become one of the worst sand storms ever recorded there. In this scene, notice how the dust appears particularly thick in the downwind wake of Tenerife, the largest of the Canary Islands. Perhaps the turbulence generated by the air currents flowing past the island volcanic peaks is churning the dust back up into the atmosphere, rather than allowing it to settle toward the surface. This true-color image was captured on January 7, 2002.
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