30 Most Incredible Sandstorms On Earth

Wed, Sep 24, 2008

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Satellite Images of Sandstorms

1. Satellite images are perfect for seeing what really happens on the ground. This sandstorm, blowing from the west coast of Africa, reaches for miles out to sea.

sahara
NASA

2. Giant sandstorm swirl over the Gobi Desert, in China. nasa swirl
NASA

3. Great sweeps of sand blow over the Canary Islands off the north African coast and far over the Atlantic. canaries
NASA

4. Awesome image of a massive rolling sandstorm; maybe over the Persian Gulf but it’s hard to make out.
shot from space
NASA

2. Cities Devoured by Sand >

5. The boot of Italy is visible just beneath the clouds, great gusts of sand heading its way. italy
Telespazio

6. Sandstorm blows over the Mediterranean and Cyprus. Africa
NASA

7. The Sahara sees a lot of sandstorms. Obviously! libya
NASA

8. Sandstorm over the Persian Gulf.
persian
NASA

9. Sandstorm brewing over Beijing.
Beijing
NASA

10. The Gobi Desert is another sandstorm paradise; if you could call it that!

2. Cities Devoured by Sand >

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This post was written by:

Linda McCormick - who has written 175 posts on Environmental Graffiti.

Linda is a writer and editor, currently based in London. Growing up in N Ireland, she craved sunnier climes so set off around the world, forever chasing the sun. On her travels she discovered she was much more passionate about the environment than she realised – although never quite got the whole tree-hugging thing – and has always had a penchant for the unconventional and creative side of life, so working at Environmental Graffiti suits her just fine.

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Music Critic Says:
September 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Amazing what mother nature is capable.
Carole Neece Says:
February 26th, 2009 at 12:29 am
My Daughter and her husband are stationed at Al Asad right now and last night I was asking her about the sand storms. She told me to google them so I did and to my surprise I found a lot of pics of a sandstorm right there in Al Asad from 2005. They are really good pics. I could not imagin being in the middle of some thing like that. My hat is off to all the milatery over there just for being there and especialy now seeing the sort of thing they have to endure.
alex Says:
March 27th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
this is the bomb and the next sandstorm is gonna hit claifornia

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