Dust remained in the air another day, two days after a major dust storm struck northern Africa on February 23, 2006. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) flying onboard the Terra satellite captured this image on February 25. By the time this image was acquired, the dust had moved toward the northeast over the Mediterranean Sea.
Published Feb 27, 2006
This natural-color image shows camel-colored dust spanning the Red Sea between Sudan and Saudi Arabia on July 15, 2009.
Published Jul 15, 2009
Acquired April 22, 2010, this natural-color image shows a dust plume spanning hundreds of kilometers in western Africa. A wall of dust appears to advance toward the southeast in Burkina Faso and Niger.
Published Apr 23, 2010
Acquired June 24, 2012, this natural-color image shows dust off the coast of Morocco.
Published Jun 25, 2012
Acquired February 28, 2013, this image shows an arc of dust over Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
Published Mar 1, 2013
A dense cloud of dust hangs over the South Pacific Ocean off Australia’s east coast in this true-color image from October 14, 2009.
Published Oct 14, 2009
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