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
The plume of dust that swept over the South Pacific Ocean from Australia on October 13, 2009, was delicate, almost ghostly, compared to the large, dense plume of dust that darkened much of the east Australian coast on September 23.
Published Oct 14, 2009
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
Dust blocks the view of the ground in this true-color satellite image of Afghanistan and Pakistan, taken on May 5, 2010.
Published May 6, 2010
A cloud of dust extends hundreds of kilometers over the Arabian Sea in this true-color image from November 11, 2009.
Published Nov 12, 2009
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