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African duststorms

#1 Postby cycloneye » Mon Apr 14, 2003 1:53 pm

http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/indi ... 2003-04-13

This kinds of duststorms are the ones that transports all the haze to the western hemisphere into the caribbean and later into the states depending on the wind patterns.
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ColdFront77

#2 Postby ColdFront77 » Mon Apr 14, 2003 8:11 pm

This dust travelled some 4,000 plus miles, east to west; from Africa to the Caribbean!
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MonsoonDude

#3 Postby MonsoonDude » Tue May 20, 2003 4:26 am

neato, yeah thats pretty neato how the dust travels that far!!
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Rainband

#4 Postby Rainband » Wed May 28, 2003 3:31 pm

Yes I saw something on the news about this...Seems it can also transport disease and bacteria :roll: :o
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