Rock pulverized by glaciers served as the raw material for a fall dust storm emanating from Alaska’s Copper River delta in October 2012.
Published Oct 31, 2012
In late-October, winds blew a long plume of silty glacial dust from the Copper River Valley over the Gulf of Alaska.
Published Nov 9, 2014
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
An extensive dust storm in late February carried debris over the Atlantic Ocean, en route to the Amazon Basin.
Published Mar 4, 2015
While dust routinely blows across the Atlantic Ocean, scientists rarely see plumes as large and dense with particles as the one that darkened Caribbean skies in June 2020.
Published Jun 29, 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
Changing winds and more vegetation are probably contributing to the trend.
Published Jan 21, 2020
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
In June 2014, winds pushed a river of dust from western Africa across the Atlantic Ocean.
Published Jul 5, 2014
Acquired in early November 2012, these images show two dust plumes that may have had very different sources.
Published Nov 14, 2012
Plumes of dried soil streamed from a rural area in the northern part of the Japanese island.
Published May 21, 2019
The Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on NASA's Aura satellite spied dust from a Saharan sand storm blowing several thousand kilometers over the North Atlantic and Europe in April 2011.
Published Apr 15, 2011
Acquired November 17, 2010, this natural-color image shows dust plumes blowing off the coast of Alaska.
Published Nov 19, 2010
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