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An Atmospheric River of Dust

An atmospheric river carried a plume of Saharan dust to Western Europe, blanketing cities and ski slopes, and degrading air quality.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story An Atmospheric River of Dust.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS), and GEOS-5 data from the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office at NASA GSFC. Story by Sara E. Pratt.

Published March 16, 2022
Data acquired March 14 - 15, 2022