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Dust Storm off West Africa
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Dust Storm off West Africa

Published Sep 9, 2005

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Dust Storm off Western Sahara
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Dust Storm off Western Sahara

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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Dust Storm in Northern China
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Dust Storm in Northern China

Published Mar 28, 2007

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Dust Storm over Mauritania
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Dust Storm over Mauritania

Published May 22, 2003

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Sahara Dust Storm
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Sahara Dust Storm

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

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Massive Dust Storm Sweeps Across Africa
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Massive Dust Storm Sweeps Across Africa

Pale tan dust blurs the southern edge of the Sahara Desert across the entire African continent in this natural-color satellite image from March 19, 2010.

Published Mar 19, 2010

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Dust Storm in Southwest Asia
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Dust Storm in Southwest Asia

Published Nov 14, 2007

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