Saharan Air Layer plume over the Atlantic Ocean
![Saharan Air Layer product [click to play animation | MP4]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/09/20190920_18z_SAL.jpg)
GOES-16 “Split Window” Saharan Air Layer product [click to play animation | MP4]
On 20 September, the hazy SAL plume could be easily seen in Full Disk GOES-16 True Color Red-Green-Blue (RGB) images from the AOS site (below).
![GOES-16 True Color images [click to play animation | MP4]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/09/201909201500_fulldisk.jpg)
GOES-16 True Color RGB images [click to play animation | MP4]
![GOES-16 CIMSS Natural Color RGB, Aerosol Optical Depth, and Dust Detection product [click to play animation | MP4]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/09/sal_natcolor-20190920_180019.png)
GOES-16 CIMSS Natural Color RGB, Aerosol Optical Depth, and Dust Detection product [click to play animation | MP4]
Yes, that’s quite a plume. Here’s the #SNPP #OMPS aerosol index from yesterday that shows how big it is. pic.twitter.com/WrQjRMZwRK
— Colin Seftor (@colin_seftor) September 21, 2019
On a side note, the Full Disk True Color shown above images revealed 3 different types of solar backscatter: a small spot of very bright sun glint off the water of the Amazon River and its tributaries, which moved from east to west — similar to this example from October 2018 (below)
GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images [click to play animation | MP4]
![GOES-16 True Color RGB images [click to play animation | MP4]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/09/201909201500_fulldisk.jpg)
GOES-16 True Color RGB images [click to play animation | MP4]