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Sahara Dust Storm
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Published April 23, 2010
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.
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Tropical Cyclone Sean
Acquired April 23, 2010, this true-color image shows Tropical Cyclone Sean over the southern Indian Ocean. The storm is northwest of Australia and south of the Lesser Sunda Islands.
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Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, Iceland
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These satellite images of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption show not only the extent of the plume, but also the amount and type of particles in the plume.
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Arctic Sea Ice Extent, 2009-2010
These images show Arctic sea ice extent for the September 2009 summer minimum and the March 2010 winter maximum. Ice extents were greater than they had been in many recent years, but were still below the long-term average.
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Smoke Plume from Burning Oil Rig in Gulf of Mexico
Published April 22, 2010
On April 21, 2010, brownish smoke fanned out to the southeast of a burning oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Dust storm off West Africa
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Dust storm in the Sahara
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Iceberg C28 (former Mertz Glacier tongue) and Iceberg B9B
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Prominence from the Solar Dynamics Observatory
NASA's newest sun-monitoring mission captures a detailed view of a prominence erupting on March 30, 2010.
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Heavy Rain in Eastern India
Published April 21, 2010
This color-coded image shows estimated rainfall amounts from April 14–20, 2010. Lowest amounts appear in pale green, and heaviest amounts appear in dark blue.
Eyjafjallajökull Volcano has quieted considerably over the past few days, with ash emissions continuing but only rising to a height of 20,000 feet (6,100 meters).
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Dust over Pakistan and India
Acquired April 21, 2010, this natural-color image shows a thick plume of dust narrowly missing Delhi, India.
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