Image of the Day Atmosphere
Whether a smoke or dust plume has a heating—or cooling—effect on the atmosphere can depend on whether it is above clouds.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Remote Sensing
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.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Dust and Haze
The aerosol index offers a way to see the long reach of forest fires and dust storms.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Fires
Actinoform clouds pop up off the western coast of Australia.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Water
This true-color image shows a combination of dust and clouds over Turkey, Syria, and Iraq on April 15, 2009.
Atmosphere Land Dust and Haze
A growing body of research indicates that smoke above clouds can have important consequences for the climate.
Dust and Haze
A vertical profile of wispy, icy clouds reveals their complex structure.
Dust and clouds mingle over Utah in this natural-color image from February 23, 2012.
Acquired April 17, 2010, this natural-color image shows a network of open- and closed-cell clouds over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Peru.
Lofting dust to altitudes above the clouds, a high-pressure system carried dust from Morocco to Spain.
Smoke from the recent outbreak of fires in Southern California can clearly be seen from NASA satellites.
Atmosphere Land Fires
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