Satellite observations show how far winds normally spread North African dust particles before rain and gravity pull them down to the ocean.
Published Jan 9, 2020
Dust storms are common in the region, and sometimes bear resemblance to weather events on Mars.
Published May 10, 2020
A weather forecast for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on January 31, 2008, called for high winds and the possibility of dust storms. Two days later, the predictions came to pass—with a vengeance.
Published Feb 8, 2008
Acquired at 1:50 p.m. Beijing time, this natural-color image shows an intensified dust storm blowing through the Gobi.
Published Nov 10, 2010
Saharan dust hovered over the Atlantic for several days in mid-January 2008. This image shows two different areas of dust plume activity. Immediately off the coasts of Western Sahara and Mauritania, a series of tan dust plumes blow in predominantly straight lines toward the northwest. Farther west, a large, diffuse plume of dust hangs over the Atlantic Ocean
Published Jan 25, 2008
A tan cloud of dust colors the skies off Africa’s west coast on September 21, 2009.
Published Sep 22, 2009
Acquired July 25, 2011, this natural-color image shows dust plumes blowing through Argentina.
Published Jul 26, 2011
While dust routinely blows across the Atlantic Ocean, scientists rarely see plumes as large and dense with particles as the one that darkened Caribbean skies in June 2020.
Published Jun 29, 2020
Following weeks of smoke, it was dust turning skies odd colors.
Published Jan 14, 2020
In April 2001, researchers watched with surprise as dust from an Asian storm crossed the Pacific and reached the eastern United States.
Published Dec 26, 2007
