This image from early November 2011 shows a dust plume blowing off the coast of southern Alaska.
Published Nov 3, 2011
Acquired in early November 2012, these images show two dust plumes that may have had very different sources.
Published Nov 14, 2012
Acquired May 4, 2011, this natural-color image shows a dust storm blowing off the Arabian Peninsula and over the Persian Gulf.
Published May 4, 2011
Acquired November 17, 2010, this natural-color image shows dust plumes blowing off the coast of Alaska.
Published Nov 19, 2010
Rock pulverized by glaciers served as the raw material for a fall dust storm emanating from Alaska’s Copper River delta in October 2012.
Published Oct 31, 2012
Acquired December 23, 2010, this natural-color image shows dust plumes of glacial flour blowing over the Gulf of Alaska.
Published Dec 30, 2010
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
Researchers keep a close watch on dust storms around the Gulf of Alaska because the nutrients in that dust may affect marine ecosystems.
Published Nov 15, 2017
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
Acquired March 4, 2010, this true-color image shows a thick dust plume stretching from Saudi Arabia to Iran, obscuring part of the Persian Gulf.
Published Mar 5, 2010
A dust plume stretches across Yemen, Oman, and the Arabian Sea in this natural-color image acquired on March 4, 2012.
Published Mar 6, 2012
Acquired September 23, 2011, this natural-color image shows waves of dust off the west coast of Africa.
Published Sep 23, 2011
