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Dust Plumes and Phytoplankton Bloom off Namibia Target Name:   Earth Spacecraft:   Terra Satellite Instrument:   MODIS Produced by:   Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC Copyright:  Copyright Free Date Taken:   13 July 2003 Date Released:  13 February 2008 Related Documents Earth From Space Earth Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size VSS00099.jpg JPEG 526 x 640 42K VSS00099.jpg JPEG 1316 x 1600 157K VSS00099.jpg JPEG 2800 x 3600 869K North of the soft orange sands of the Namib Desert, streamer of pale dust are streaming over Namibia´s Skeleton Coast in the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) from the Terra satellite on July 13, 2003. In the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, colorful swirls of blue and green suggest a bloom of tiny marine plants called phytoplankton.

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