Saharan dust cloud travels across Atlantic

Saharan dust cloud travels across Atlantic

NOAA's satellites have detected a plume of dust moving off the coast of Africa. The Saharan Air Layer has a relatively constrained area of high concentration. This animation bellow, released by NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory, uses a recently enhanced

Saharan dust plumes over the Atlantic Ocean

Saharan dust plumes over the Atlantic Ocean

The dust plumes that arose in the western Sahara Desert on January 18, 2012, continued their westward journey the following day. A giant crescent-shaped dust plume  was seen over the Atlantic Ocean on January 19. The plume spans several hundred kilometers. Off the