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![Thumbnail of Dust Storms from Africa's Bodele Depression](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081026140127im_/http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Feb2004/Chad.TMOA2004049_tn.jpg) |
Dust Storms from Africa's Bodele Depression
The Bodele Depression has generated wave after wave of intense African dust storms in recent days. These true-color Terra images show the genesis of massive dust storms just as they are forming.
Event Date: 2004-02-07 00:00:00 Number of Images: 3 Topic: Dust & Smoke
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![Thumbnail of Calm before the Dust Storm](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081026140127im_/http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Feb2004/WAfrica_TMO2004037_tn.jpg) |
Calm before the Dust Storm
On Feb. 3, 2004, a large dust storm swept westward off the coast of northwest Africa and, for the last two days has been spreading to the north and west over a large portion of the eastern Atlantic Ocean. This latest Terra image was acquired on Feb. 6.
Event Date: 2004-02-03 00:00:00 Number of Images: 2 Topic: Dust & Smoke
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![Thumbnail of Saharan Dust over Canary Islands](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081026140127im_/http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Feb2004/Canary_AMO2004035_tn.jpg) |
Saharan Dust over Canary Islands
A widespread plume of Saharan Desert dust blew off the northwest coast of Africa and directly over the Canary Islands on Feb. 3. A day later, the dust storm continues.
Event Date: 2004-02-03 00:00:00 Number of Images: 1 Topic: Dust & Smoke
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![Thumbnail of Texas-sized Dust Storm Sweeps over Egypt](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081026140127im_/http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Jan2004/MiddleEast_TMO2004023_tn.jpg) |
Texas-sized Dust Storm Sweeps over Egypt
A massive dust storm out of the Sahara Desert blew over Egypt yesterday and today (Jan. 23, 2004) has spread across much of the Middle East region.
Event Date: 2004-01-22 00:00:00 Number of Images: 2 Topic: Dust & Smoke
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![Thumbnail of Dust near Lake Chad](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081026140127im_/http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Jan2004/terra_wafrica_11jan04_tn.jpg) |
Dust near Lake Chad
Dust clogged the air across Western Africa.
Event Date: 2004-01-08 00:00:00 Number of Images: 2 Topic: Dust & Smoke
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![Thumbnail of Haze Over the Yellow Sea](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081026140127im_/http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Jan2004/terra_china_04jan04_tn.jpg) |
Haze Over the Yellow Sea
The air over most of eastern China was filled with thick, gray pall of pollution on Jan. 29, 2004.
Event Date: 2003-12-22 00:00:00 Number of Images: 3 Topic: Dust & Smoke
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![Thumbnail of Dust Storm over Texas](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081026140127im_/http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Dec2003/TexasDust_2003349_tn.jpg) |
Dust Storm over Texas
Heavy winds kicked up considerable dust in parts of Texas, New Mexico and northern Mexico on Dec. 15, 2003.
Event Date: 2003-12-15 00:00:00 Number of Images: 1 Topic: Dust & Smoke
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![Thumbnail of Dust over Arabian Sea](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081026140127im_/http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Dec2003/Pakistan.TMOA2003346_tn.jpg) |
Dust over Arabian Sea
A dust storm was blowing large quantities of
dust out over the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea
on Dec. 12 and 13, 2003.
Event Date: 2003-12-13 00:00:00 Number of Images: 3 Topic: Dust & Smoke
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![Thumbnail of Saharan Dust Plume over the Atlantic](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081026140127im_/http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Dec2003/WAfrica.TMOA2003347_tn.jpg) |
Saharan Dust Plume over the Atlantic
A sinuous river of dust snakes out over the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Africa in this true-color MODIS image captured on December 13, 2003.
Event Date: 2003-12-12 00:00:00 Number of Images: 1 Topic: Dust & Smoke
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![Thumbnail of Haze South of the Himalaya](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081026140127im_/http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Dec2003/terra_india_01dec03_tn.jpg) |
Haze South of the Himalaya
The skies over northern India and Bangladesh were filled with a gray pall of haze.
Event Date: 2003-12-01 00:00:00 Number of Images: 1 Topic: Dust & Smoke
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