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On December 12, 2016, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of dust over the Arabian Sea.

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English: On December 12, 2016, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of dust over the Arabian Sea. The vortex of clouds and dust is rotating in a direction dictated by Earth’s rotation. In the Northern Hemisphere, this cyclonic rotation is counter-clockwise when looking down from space. The dust arrived over the sea with a mass of warm desert air—a condition known to suppress cloud formation. It is possible that the warm, dry center of the vortex had not mixed much with the moist marine air surrounding it. The edges of the vortex may have mixed more with the marine air, giving rise to shallow, isolated cumulus clouds.
Date Taken on 12 December 2016
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Dust storm over the Arabian Sea (direct link)

This image or video was catalogued by Goddard Space Flight Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: 2016-12-19.

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Author Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
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