Dust storm off West Africa
Dust poured off the coast of Africa and over the Atlantic Ocean on in mid-July, 2012. A broad plume of dust blows to the southeast, crossing both Western Sahara (north) and Mauritania (center). As it passes over the Atlantic Ocean, the plume appears to broaden and thin as it covers the Cape Verde Islands. The air over Senegal, to the south, remains relatively clear. (MODIS)
[…] air has been one of the factors in the recent quiet state of the tropics in the Atlantic. Another large cloud of dust has moved in mid-July off the western coast of Africa and appears like it will continue to move westward across the […]