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Dust Storm in Southern Africa

Fierce wind picked up and carried huge plumes of sand and dust westward toward the Atlantic Ocean.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview, and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published September 25, 2019
Data acquired September 25, 2019

Source:
Suomi NPP > VIIRS