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The Persian Gulf, Clear and Clouded

Published October 6, 2014

Two images show the region before and during a vast a dust storm.

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Dust Plumes, Namib Desert

Published July 7, 2014

Strong, hot winds known as “berg winds” (mountain winds) are lofting plumes of dust directly out into the Atlantic Ocean in this panoramic image taken from the International Space Station.

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Dust over Oman

Published June 17, 2014

Strong northwesterly winds turned the skies over Oman yellow with dust.

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China’s Great Wall of Dust

Published April 25, 2014

A large weather front kicked up dust across much of northwestern China.

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Spring Dust in China

Published April 23, 2014

Widespread dust hung over the Taklimakan Desert on April 23.

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Dust Storm Blows Across Texas

Published March 21, 2014

For the second time in a week, a large dust storm swept across the Southern Plains.

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Ash and Steam Plume, Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat

Published October 19, 2009

An oblique photo of Montserrat Island taken by astronauts captures an eruption from the island’s Soufrière Hills Volcano on October 11, 2009.

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Dust over Eastern Australia

Published September 24, 2009

A wall of dust stretches from northern Queensland to the southern tip of eastern Australia in this photo-like satellite image from September 23, 2009.

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Dust Plume Across Northern Patagonia

Published September 15, 2009

A checkerboard of growing (dark green) and fallow (tan) fields in northern Patagonia appears beneath a rippling plume of beige dust in this natural-color image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite on September 11, 2009.

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