Acquired January 19, 2012, this image shows a crescent-shaped dust plume off the west coast of northern Africa.
Atmosphere Land Dust and Haze
Acquired June 1, 2010, this natural-color image shows a thin plume of dust off the coast of South America.
Atmosphere Dust and Haze
Acquired August 11, 2011, this natural-color image shows a dust plume spanning several hundred kilometers off the west coast of Africa.
Atmosphere Land Water Dust and Haze
Dust and Haze
Image of the Day Atmosphere Dust and Haze
Large, translucent dust plumes blow westward off the African coast and over the Atlantic ocean in this true-color image from June 4, 2009.
Resembling the arc of a solar prominence, a bulb of dust curves over the Atlantic Ocean from western Africa in this true-color image from April 22, 2010.
This true-color image shows a large plume of tan dust off the coast of Senegal, east of Cape Verde, on July 19, 2009.