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 1, 2010, this natural-color image shows dust blowing off the Chugach Mountains and over the Gulf of Alaska.
Published Dec 2, 2010
In late-October, winds blew a long plume of silty glacial dust from the Copper River Valley over the Gulf of Alaska.
Published Nov 9, 2014
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
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
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
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
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
March often brings an increase in dust storms to East Asia, and 2008 proved no exception. In early March 2008, the characteristic “yellow dust” from the Gobi Desert blew eastward over the Beijing region, the Yellow Sea, and North and South Korea.
Published Mar 4, 2008
