Images related to Vast Dust Storms in the Sahara

Bits of the Sahara on the Move
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Bits of the Sahara on the Move

A relentless storm lofted dust out of western Africa for days.

Published Mar 31, 2018

Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Dust and Haze

Dust Storm off West Africa
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Dust Storm off West Africa

Published Sep 9, 2005

Dust and Haze

A Dusty Journey
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A Dusty Journey

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

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Dust Storm off Algeria
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Dust Storm off Algeria

Published Dec 10, 2003

Dust and Haze

Cape Verde Under Dust
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Cape Verde Under Dust

Winter winds, the harmattan, swept a cloud of dust out of West Africa and across the Atlantic.

Published Mar 5, 2014

Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Water Dust and Haze

Saharan Dust Across West Africa
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Saharan Dust Across West Africa

Published Mar 4, 2004

Dust and Haze

Sahara Dust Storm
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Sahara Dust Storm

Acquired April 22, 2010, this natural-color image shows a dust plume spanning hundreds of kilometers in western Africa. A wall of dust appears to advance toward the southeast in Burkina Faso and Niger.

Published Apr 23, 2010

Atmosphere Land Dust and Haze

Tracking Dust Across the Atlantic
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Tracking Dust Across the Atlantic

Dust storms in mid-summer 2013 spanned the Atlantic Ocean, depositing particles in the Americas and perhaps suppressing hurricanes.

Published Aug 29, 2013

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Dust off Western Africa
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Dust off Western Africa

Acquired October 27, 2011, this natural-color image shows a veil of dust spanning hundreds of kilometers off the west coast of Africa.

Published Oct 27, 2011

Atmosphere Water Dust and Haze

Sahara Dust Storm
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Sahara Dust Storm

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

Atmosphere Dust and Haze