SeaWiFSimage from June 29, 2001 (6.8 MB)
A whitish haze drifts out over the Atlantic Ocean from the mid-AtlanticUnited States. This Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) image acquiredon June 28, 2001, shows a shroud of aerosol draped over much of theeastern U.S., including parts of Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.The aerosol could be a mixture of pollution, smoke, and cirrus clouds,and indeed many eastern cities, including Washington, DC, andBaltimore, MD, were under poor air quality advisories June 26-29.
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Image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
