Huge Cloud of Sahara Dust Blows Out Over Atlantic Ocean

Wind gusts of up to 50 km/h (31 mph) sent huge clouds of dust from the western Sahara over the eastern Atlantic Ocean on January 24, satellite images from the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) show.

The UK’s Met Office weather service for the western Sahara said the winds were blowing east-northeast. Credit: CIRA/CSU & NOAA via Storyful

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