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Strong winds sent dust scurrying from the Horn of Africa northward over the Gulf of Aden on August 17, 2021. When NASA’s Terra satellite passed over the region on that date, the Moderate Resolution Im
Strong winds sent dust scurrying from the Horn of Africa northward over the Gulf of Aden on August 17, 2021. When NASA’s Terra satellite passed over the region on that date, the Moderate Resolution… © MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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