Dust and Haze
A dense cloud of dust hangs over the South Pacific Ocean off Australia’s east coast in this true-color image from October 14, 2009.
Atmosphere Land Dust and Haze
This true-color image shows dust plumes blowing over New South Wales, west of Canberra.
Following weeks of smoke, it was dust turning skies odd colors.
Image of the Day Land Drought Fires
The dust reddened the skies over Sydney and turned air quality hazardous over parts of New South Wales.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Heat Land Floods Human Presence Remote Sensing
Fires
Fragile-seeming dust plumes blew off the coast of South Australia on June 16, 2008.
A wall of dust stretches from northern Queensland to the southern tip of eastern Australia in this photo-like satellite image from September 23, 2009.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Dust and Haze
A tan-orange cloud of dust completely obscures the ground between New South Wales and Queensland, Australia, in this photo-like image from September 26, 2009.
A combination of dust and clouds hovered over Africa south of the Sahel at the beginning of March 2009.