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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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Seeing through Sakha’s Smoke
Published July 30, 2014
With dozens of wildfires burning in a part of Russia best known for its frigid winters, the CALIPSO satellite offered this view through the clouds and smoke.
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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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Activity at Klyuchevskoy Volcano
Published December 2, 2013
An astronaut captured this view of an eruption plume amidst a chain of volcanoes on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula.
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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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Dust storm in Taklimakan Desert, Western China
Published March 26, 2004
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