Saharan dust hovered over the Atlantic for several days in mid-January 2008. This image shows two different areas of dust plume activity. Immediately off the coasts of Western Sahara and Mauritania, a series of tan dust plumes blow in predominantly straight lines toward the northwest. Farther west, a large, diffuse plume of dust hangs over the Atlantic Ocean
Published Jan 25, 2008
Acquired July 21, 2012, this color-coded image tracks a giant dust plume spanning the Atlantic Ocean.
Published Jul 23, 2012
Acquired January 19, 2012, this image shows a crescent-shaped dust plume off the west coast of northern Africa.
Published Jan 19, 2012
The dust in the skies over the Caribbean and Southern United States has distant origins.
Published Jun 30, 2018Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Dust and Haze Remote Sensing
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
Acquired June 1, 2010, this natural-color image shows a thin plume of dust off the coast of South America.
Published Jun 1, 2010
Acquired July 25, 2010, this natural-color image shows a dust plume hundreds of kilometers long over the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
Published Jul 26, 2010
In June 2014, winds pushed a river of dust from western Africa across the Atlantic Ocean.
Published Jul 5, 2014
