In this photo-like image of a dust storm blowing out of southern Argentina, turbulence creates ripples in a cloud of dust that complements the long waves of color created by a phytoplankton bloom in the Atlantic Ocean below.
Published Jan 26, 2010
Acquired November 22, 2011, this natural-color image shows a dust plume blowing off the coast of Argentina.
Published Nov 23, 2011
Acquired January 19, 2012, this image shows a crescent-shaped dust plume off the west coast of northern Africa.
Published Jan 19, 2012
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
Dust blew southward over the Gulf of California on December 25, 2007.
Published Dec 27, 2007
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
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