File:Dust Blows from Sahara Desert, 2020 (50700827372).png

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On June 17, 2020, the NOAA-20 satellite captured this image of an expansive plume of dust from the Sahara Desert traveling westward across the Atlantic Ocean.

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English: On June 17, 2020, the NOAA-20 satellite captured this image of an expansive plume of dust from the Sahara Desert traveling westward across the Atlantic Ocean. The plume was part of a several-days-long dust event that traveled across the Atlantic, bringing dust and hazy sunshine as far west as the Caribbean and U.S. This mass of dusty air is known as the Saharan Air Layer, which extends about 5,000 to 20,000 feet into the atmosphere, and can be transported several thousand miles when winds are particularly strong. Some of this dust also blows farther south into the Amazon River Basin in South America, where the minerals in the dust replenish nutrients in rainforest soils.
Date Taken on 9 December 2020, 20:14:00
Source Dust Blows from Sahara Desert, 2020
Author NOAASatellites
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Five Decades from Above

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by NOAASatellites at https://flickr.com/photos/125201706@N06/50700827372. It was reviewed on 20 February 2024 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

20 February 2024

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This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties.

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