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 in mid-summer 2013 spanned the Atlantic Ocean, depositing particles in the Americas and perhaps suppressing hurricanes.
Published Aug 29, 2013
An extensive dust storm in late February carried debris over the Atlantic Ocean, en route to the Amazon Basin.
Published Mar 4, 2015
A relentless storm lofted dust out of western Africa for days.
Published Mar 31, 2018
Lofting dust to altitudes above the clouds, a high-pressure system carried dust from Morocco to Spain.
Published Aug 7, 2018
In this photo-like image of a dust storm blowing out of southern Argentina, turbulence creates ripples in a cloud of dust that complements the long waves of color created by a phytoplankton bloom in the Atlantic Ocean below.
Published Jan 26, 2010
A thick plume of dust blew off the coast of Mauritania in western Africa on October 2, 2007. In this image, the dust varies in color from nearly white to medium tan. The dust plume is easier to see over the dark background of the ocean, but the plume stretches across the land surface to the east, as well.
Published Oct 4, 2007
A tan cloud of dust colors the skies off Africa’s west coast on September 21, 2009.
Published Sep 22, 2009
A thick plume of tan dust hangs over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal in this image taken on April 6, 2011.
Published Apr 7, 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
Dust plumes rippled and swirled over the Arabian Sea in early March 2009.
Published Mar 3, 2009
