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Wind-blown volcanic ash off Iceland
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On September 16, 2013 the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over the southern tip of Iceland and captured a remarkable image dust plumes blowing hundreds of kilometers over the Atlantic Ocean. The westernmost plume is dark tan in color and so thick that the blue ocean waters are obscured from view near Iceland's coast. The eastern plume appears broader, thinner and light gray in color.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineWind-blown volcanic ash off Iceland. NASA/GSFC, 2017-12-08. Public domain. ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001378.
