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Hydrogen Sulfide and Dust Plumes along the Coast of Namibia
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Hydrogen Sulfide and Dust Plumes along the Coast of Namibia

Acquired August 10, 2010, this natural-color image shows both hydrogen sulfide emissions and dust plumes along the Namibian coast.

Published Aug 10, 2010

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Dust and Hydrogen Sulfide along the Namibian Coast
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Dust and Hydrogen Sulfide along the Namibian Coast

Acquired June 17, 2010, this natural-color image shows peacock-green plumes from hydrogen sulfide emissions in the water, and linear dust plumes in the atmosphere along the Namibian coast.

Published Jun 18, 2010

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Swakop River reaches Atlantic Ocean
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Swakop River reaches Atlantic Ocean

Acquired April 2, 2011, this natural-color image shows the Swakop River draining into the Atlantic Ocean just south of Swakopmund.

Published Apr 12, 2011

Land Floods

Namibia’s Protected Coast
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Namibia’s Protected Coast

Acquired June 26, 2011, this natural-color image shows the deserts along the coastline of Namibia; most of that land has been protected by the government.

Published Oct 18, 2011

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Kuiseb River Reaches the Sea
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Kuiseb River Reaches the Sea

Acquired April 2, 2011, and February 27, 2011, these natural-color images show rising waters on the Kuiseb River, which flowed all the way to the Atlantic Ocean for the first time in decades.

Published Apr 12, 2011

Land Floods

Dust Plumes off Morocco
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Dust Plumes off Morocco

Acquired December 29, 2010, this natural-color image shows dust plumes blowing off the Moroccan coast and over the Atlantic Ocean.

Published Dec 29, 2010

Atmosphere Land Dust and Haze

Dust Plumes off Argentina
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Dust Plumes off Argentina

Dust plumes blew eastward off a long stretch of Argentine coast on March 28, 2009.

Published Mar 30, 2009

Atmosphere Land Dust and Haze

Dust blowing off Namibia
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Dust blowing off Namibia

Published Jul 18, 2005

Dust and Haze

Dust Plumes, Namib Desert
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Dust Plumes, Namib Desert

Strong, hot winds known as “berg winds” (mountain winds) are lofting plumes of dust directly out into the Atlantic Ocean in this panoramic image taken from the International Space Station.

Published Jul 7, 2014

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Dust Plumes off Libya
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Dust Plumes off Libya

Two-toned dust plumes blew northward off the coast of Libya. While plumes in the west are beige, the plumes in the east are distinctly darker. The differences in color can be traced to the plumes’s varied origins.

Published Nov 1, 2007

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