NASA Astronaut Captures Huge Saharan Dust Plume Visible From The Space Over Earth!
NASA astronaut Colonel Doug Hurley--currently on board the International Space Station--recently shared a breathtaking image of a Saharan dust plume spreading over the Atlantic Ocean.
NASA astronaut Colonel Doug Hurley--currently on board the International Space Station--recently shared a breathtaking image of a Saharan dust plume spreading over the Atlantic Ocean.
The dust from the Sahara Desert, is so thick that it is clearly visible from space. It appears to be like clouds spreading over blue water.
We flew over this Saharan dust plume today in the west central Atlantic. Amazing how large an area it covers! pic.twitter.com/JVGyo8LAXI
¡ª Col. Doug Hurley (@Astro_Doug) June 21, 2020
According to CNN, the Saharan dust plume is apparently making its way across the Atlantic from Africa to the United States.
¡®We flew over this Saharan dust plume today in the west central Atlantic. Amazing how large an area it covers!¡¯, tweeted Dour Hurley.
Today's view of a large Saharan dust plume.
¡ª CIRA (@CIRA_CSU) June 19, 2020
Watch in near-realtime: https://t.co/mtWrgxAxqY. pic.twitter.com/aq4Ozto4Ng
The massive dust like cloud is being carried across the earth by east-to-west trade winds. ¡°Large plumes of Saharan dust routinely track into the Atlantic Ocean from late spring into early fall. Every so often, when the dust plume is large enough and trade winds set up just right, the dust can travel thousands of miles across the Atlantic and into the US." CNN Meteorologist Haley Brink said.
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A computer model forecast of atmospheric dust for the next 10 days. The plume of Saharan dust is expected to move over the Southeastern US next week. The dust will be primarily at higher altitudes, so the main impact will be some especially colorful sunrises sunsets pic.twitter.com/bBzFp06lCu
¡ª NWS Eastern Region (@NWSEastern) June 19, 2020
Doug Hurley is one of the two astronauts who went to space earlier this month. Mr Hurley and Robert Behnken entered the International Space Station on June 1 after a landmark 19-hour journey on SpaceX's two-stage Falcon 9 rocket.
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