Santa Ana winds on January 6, 2003

  • Released Tuesday, January 7, 2003
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On January 6, 2003, Santa Ana winds blew dust from interior deserts and other dry areas out over California and the Pacific Ocean.

This animation is a zoom down to Santa Ana, California on January 6, 2003. The winds blew dust westward from the interior deserts to the Pacific Ocean.

Santa Ana frameup image on January 6, 2003

Santa Ana frameup image on January 6, 2003

This image shows streamers of dust blowing southwestward over the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

This image shows streamers of dust blowing southwestward over the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

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Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Jeff Schmaltz (NASA/GSFC),MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov)

This page was originally published on Tuesday, January 7, 2003.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.

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