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
Dust storms are common in the region, and sometimes bear resemblance to weather events on Mars.
Published May 10, 2020
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
A veil of dust blurs the surface of the Thar Desert on the border between India and Pakistan in this photo-like image taken on April 20, 2010.
Published Apr 20, 2010
Floridians looking for a break from hurricane season in late July 2005 were in for a change, though it wasn’t necessarily what they wanted: Saharan dust. By July 19, a massive dust storm had crossed the Atlantic towards southern Florida.
Published Jul 23, 2005
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
In June 2014, winds pushed a river of dust from western Africa across the Atlantic Ocean.
Published Jul 5, 2014
Acquired in early November 2012, these images show two dust plumes that may have had very different sources.
Published Nov 14, 2012
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
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