Saharan dust crossed the Atlantic Ocean on June 24, 2009, visible in two separate overpasses of the Aqua satellite.
Published Jun 25, 2009
This true-color image from July 1, 2009, shows a series of giant dust plumes west of Mauritania. The smallest and most concentrated plume appears east of Cape Verde.
Published Jul 1, 2009
In this photo-like image collected over three consecutive satellite overpasses, a thick plume of dust stretches hundreds of kilometers from its origins in Africa’s Sahara Desert to the Lesser Antilles Islands on the eastern edge of the Caribbean Sea.
Published Jun 27, 2009
A tremendous plume of dust from North Africa drifts toward the Caribbean and contiguous United States.
Published Jun 19, 2020Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Water Dust and Haze Remote Sensing
Acquired July 25, 2010, this natural-color image shows a dust plume hundreds of kilometers long over the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
Published Jul 26, 2010
Captured October 8, 2012, this image shows a dust plume spanning hundreds of kilometers off the western coast of Africa.
Published Oct 8, 2012
A bulge of tan-orange dust hangs over the Cape Verde Islands and the Atlantic Ocean in this natural-color image captured on June 20, 2010.
Published Jun 21, 2010
Acquired August 11, 2011, this natural-color image shows a dust plume spanning several hundred kilometers off the west coast of Africa.
Published Aug 11, 2011
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
Acquired June 1, 2010, this natural-color image shows a thin plume of dust off the coast of South America.
Published Jun 1, 2010
