Earth from Orbit
On the morning of April 9, 2021, La Soufrière volcano on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent began erupting, spewing ash at least 25,000 feet in the
Earth from Orbit
NOAA satellites monitored a large plume of dust from the Sahara Desert as it traveled off the west coast of North Africa, across the Atlantic Ocean.
Satellite Snapshots
NOAA’s GOES East satellite captured dust from the Saharan Air Layer (SAL) as it wafted its way over the Atlantic Ocean and Canary…
Satellite Snapshots
NOAA-20 catches orange skies and dusty ski slopes plagued Europe during the first weekend of February
Satellite Snapshots
GOES East satellite see a dust storm blow from the northern coast of Mari Menuco Lake, Argentina,
Satellite Snapshots
On Oct. 11, 2020, NOAA’s GOES-East satellite watched a huge wall of dust blow more than 300 miles from eastern Colorado to Nebraska,…
Satellite Snapshots
In both visible and infrared imagery, dust can often be confused with clouds such as cirrus, since they are both considered optically thin.
Satellite Snapshots
On June 28–29, 2020, NOAA’s GOES-West satellite watched a particularly intense dust cloud race across Nevada’s Mojave desert.