Following weeks of smoke, it was dust turning skies odd colors.
Published Jan 14, 2020
Acquired May 4, 2011, this natural-color image shows a dust storm blowing off the Arabian Peninsula and over the Persian Gulf.
Published May 4, 2011
Plumes of dried soil streamed from a rural area in the northern part of the Japanese island.
Published May 21, 2019
An unusually intense dust storm brought hazardous pollution to New Delhi before monsoon season.
Published Jun 19, 2018
Acquired July 6, 2011, this image shows remnants of a powerful dust storm that rolled through Phoenix the previous evening.
Published Jul 6, 2011
Acquired July 15, 2011, a natural-color satellite image shows a complex pattern on the upper surface of an Algerian dust storm.
Published Jul 15, 2011
An extensive dust storm in late February carried debris over the Atlantic Ocean, en route to the Amazon Basin.
Published Mar 4, 2015
Changing winds and more vegetation are probably contributing to the trend.
Published Jan 21, 2020
Satellite observations show how far winds normally spread North African dust particles before rain and gravity pull them down to the ocean.
Published Jan 9, 2020
Winds lofted sand and dust particles over northern Iran’s Great Salt Desert.
Published Dec 1, 2017
This true-color image shows dust plumes blowing over New South Wales, west of Canberra.
Published Apr 16, 2009
Acquired March 4, 2010, this true-color image shows a thick dust plume stretching from Saudi Arabia to Iran, obscuring part of the Persian Gulf.
Published Mar 5, 2010
The dust that arose along the China-Mongolia border had blown into central China by March 13, 2013.
Published Mar 14, 2013
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