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Dust Storm in Colorado and Kansas

Severe, lingering drought is loosening up soil and sand to be picked up by wind storms.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Dust Storm in Colorado and Kansas.

NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE MODIS Rapid Response. Caption by Michon Scott.

Published January 17, 2013
Data acquired January 11, 2013