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Dust Plumes, Namib Desert

Strong, hot winds known as “berg winds” (mountain winds) are lofting plumes of dust directly out into the Atlantic Ocean in this panoramic image taken from the International Space Station.


Astronaut photograph ISS040-E-16513 was acquired on June 21, 2014, with a Nikon D3S digital camera using a 42 mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by the Expedition 40 crew The image in this article has been enhanced to improve contrast. The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory as part of the ISS National Lab to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. Caption by M. Justin Wilkinson, Jacobs at NASA-JSC.

Published July 7, 2014
Data acquired June 21, 2014

Source:
ISS > Digital Camera
Topic:
Atmosphere > Aerosols > Dust/Ash
Collection:
Astronaut Photography