A recent satellite photo captured a giant comma-shaped cloud of "Saharan dust" being blown above the Atlantic Ocean. The hazy ...

The plume of dust originates in the Sahara where strong winds lift tiny particles of sand and minerals into a portion of the atmosphere known as the Saharan Air Layer (SAL)—a hot air mass that ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A massive cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert blanketed most of the Caribbean on Monday in the ...

Sahara Dust Storm Tracker: Where Is the Plume Now and What Is Its Path? Published Jun 24, 2020 at 9:49 AM EDT Updated Jun 26, 2020 at 12:30 PM EDT. By .

Massive Saharan dust cloud makes its way to U.S., while Arctic heat wave continues 07:50. A massive plume of dust from the Sahara desert in northern Africa has been traversing the atmosphere ...

The dust plume now The billowing dust was wafting west off the coasts of Senegal, Mauritania and Western Sahara on Thursday, reaching more than 1,500 miles into the open Atlantic. Advertisement ...

Saharan dust plume, the largest in decades, spills over Gulf Coast Plume to ooze over the South and Southeast, affecting more than a dozen U.S. states June 25, 2020 More than 4 years ago ...

The Saharan dust plume is about 2,000 miles wide from west to east and 750 miles long from north to south. Have you seen one before?

A large plume of Saharan dust is expected to reach Florida by Wednesday and Thursday. The dust plume, the largest to reach the U.S. this year, will cause vibrant sunrises and sunsets. Hazy skies and ...

The Saharan dust plume as seen by the NOAA Dscovr satellite on June 18, 2020. Joshua Stevens/DSCOVR. The dust might be a nuisance at the moment, but there are silver linings.NASA said it ...

A massive plume of dust from the Sahara desert in northern Africa has been traversing the atmosphere, thousands of feet above the tropical Atlantic Ocean, and is now cloaking the Caribbean and clos… ...