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Satellite Snapshots
Sahara Sand Dirties Eastern Europe's Snow
This side-by-side comparison from the Suomi NPP polar-orbiting satellite shows snow-covered Eastern Europe before and after a plume of…
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Satellite Snapshots
Saharan Dust Cloud Travels Across Atlantic
NOAA's satellites have detected a plume of dust moving off the coast of Africa. Though quite common, this particular plume, also called the Saharan…
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Feature Story
It’s a Dusty World: NOAA Satellites Help Us Keep Track of It
It's dusty out there. Beyond the research indicating the frequency of dust storms is on the rise around the world, scientists…
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Feature Story
The Dirt on Atmospheric Dust
Even though satellites can detect dust in the atmosphere, that does not mean it's easy for scientists to detect it in satellite imagery.
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