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
An October dust storm darkened skies over much of Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
Published Nov 2, 2017
Acquired May 8, 2011, this natural-color image shows a dust storm extending more than 1,000 kilometers across the Sahara Desert.
Published May 9, 2011
Resembling the arc of a solar prominence, a bulb of dust curves over the Atlantic Ocean from western Africa in this true-color image from April 22, 2010.
Published Apr 29, 2010
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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