Dust Storms of Asia Hits the Midwest

  • Released Wednesday, April 18, 2001
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Despite experts predictions that the Asian dust storms that originated two weeks ago in Mongolia would not make it to the Eastern United States, satellite photos from the SeaWiFS confirms that the dust storms indeed did hit the Eastern U.S. by storm.

In this visualization, dust storms cover the Midwest of America. The dust is from Asia.

This image shows dust over the Midwest of America.

This image shows dust over the Midwest of America.

This image shows dust over lake Superior.

This image shows dust over lake Superior.

Video slate image reads, "Dust storms over the midwest.The dust originated from Asia. Floating over to the U.S. via the gulf stream."

Video slate image reads, "Dust storms over the midwest.
The dust originated from Asia. Floating over to the U.S. via the gulf stream."

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye, Scientific Visualization Studio. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye (NOTE: In January 2013, DigitalGlobe and GeoEye combined to become DigitalGlobe).

This page was originally published on Wednesday, April 18, 2001.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:58 PM EDT.

Datasets used in this visualization

  • [SeaStar: SeaWiFS]

    ID: 100
    Sensor: SeaWiFS Dates used: 2001/04/17

    NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye

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