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
In June 2014, winds pushed a river of dust from western Africa across the Atlantic Ocean.
Published Jul 5, 2014
Acquired June 1, 2010, this natural-color image shows a thin plume of dust off the coast of South America.
Published Jun 1, 2010
An extensive dust storm in late February carried debris over the Atlantic Ocean, en route to the Amazon Basin.
Published Mar 4, 2015
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 storms are common in the region, and sometimes bear resemblance to weather events on Mars.
Published May 10, 2020
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
In April 2001, researchers watched with surprise as dust from an Asian storm crossed the Pacific and reached the eastern United States.
Published Dec 26, 2007
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
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
Acquired August 11, 2011, this natural-color image shows a dust plume spanning several hundred kilometers off the west coast of Africa.
Published Aug 11, 2011
