Sahara Dust Cloud 2024 Dates. The suomi npp satellite acquired this image of a plume of saharan dust as winds lofted it over the atlantic ocean on aug. Parts of europe were clouded on saturday by an exceptionally rare haze of dust swept up from the sahara desert.
Knowing the height at which dust travels is important for understanding, and eventually using computers to model, where that dust will go and how the dust will interact. A large plume of dust from the sahara desert blew west over the atlantic ocean and then curled north toward europe in late january 2024.