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Description	English: This photo-like satellite image shows Saharan dust being ferried across the Atlantic on easterly winds.
Date	4 June 2010
Source	NASA Earth Observatory
Author	Jeff Schmaltz

Image captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite.

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