New research explores a connection between dust storms, the water cycle, and water levels in the Caspian Sea.
Published Jun 10, 2016
Acquired May 1, 2011, this natural-color image shows a dust plume over the Yellow Sea.
Published May 3, 2011
On May 18, 2014, the Aqua satellite captured this image of dust blowing over southeastern Russia.
Published May 21, 2014
The southeast Caspian is marked by colorful swirls of perpetually turbid seawater.
Published Feb 4, 2018
A hazy plume drifted over the northern end of the Caspian Sea in early April 2008. The translucent plume swirling over the water contrasts with the nearby opaque white clouds. The plume might result partly from smoke from springtime agricultural fires in farmland north of the sea.
Published Apr 16, 2008
Tendrils of dust blew westward across the Caspian Sea on September 26, 2007.
Published Sep 28, 2007
Acquired on the afternoon of May 26, 2011, this natural-color image shows a dust plume over the Red Sea.
Published May 26, 2011
A tan layer of dust-laden air fills the valleys of the mountains that line the Black Sea in northern Turkey.
Published Oct 14, 2009
This natural-color image shows camel-colored dust spanning the Red Sea between Sudan and Saudi Arabia on July 15, 2009.
Published Jul 15, 2009
