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![Plumes of dust are carried off of Africa into the Atlantic spac0348.jpg Plumes of dust are carried off of Africa into the Atlantic](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_spac0348.jpg)
Description
Plumes of dust are carried off of Africa into the Atlantic.
Credit
NOAA/NESDIS Operational Significant Event Imagery
Display Date
1998 March 31 1230 UTC
Collection
NOAA in Space
Keywords
Space
Imagery Visible
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