Chad's lowest point is the  earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16534 Bodele Depression,  and it is one of the world's most active sources of dust storms. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer  modis.gsfc.nasa.gov (MODIS)  on NASA's  terra.nasa.gov/ Terra  satellite took this picture of a dust storm in the Bodele Depression on November 9, 2006. In this image, the dust plumes appear as pale beige brush strokes against a tan background. Of the two plumes visible in this picture, the plume to the north is wider and thicker. <p>To the southwest of the dust storm is  earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=4714 Lake Chad.  Once approaching the size of Lake Erie in North America, Lake Chad is now estimated at approximately 5 percent of its size in 1966. Irrigation and declines in rainfall have both diminished the lake. In this picture, the shallow lake appears mostly dark green.</p><p>NASA image courtesy the  rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team  at NASA GSFC. The Rapid Response Team provides  rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?NAfrica_2_05 daily images  of this region.</p>
<p>NASA Identifier: bodele_tmo_2006313
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<dl><dd>Unit: NASA</dd>
<dd>DVIDS Tags: nasa; nasanaturalhazards</dd></dl>
Glenn Research Center
2011-07-31
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