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    Simpson Desert Dust Storm: Natural Hazards

    WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES

    08.02.2011

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    A dust storm blew through Australia's Simpson Desert on November 21, 2007. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov (MODIS) on NASA's aqua.nasa.gov/ Aqua satellite took this picture the same day. In this image, the dust plume forms a blur ranging in color from brick red to pale beige, mirroring the colors of the land surface below. The dust plume blows toward the northwest, extending well into Australia's Northern Territory.

    Straddling the borders of the Northern Territory, Queensland, and South Australia, the www.parks.sa.gov.au/simpson_cp/index.htm Simpson Desert covers 170,000 square kilometers (about 65,000 square miles), receives only slightly more rain than the Sahara Desert, and experiences summertime temperatures exceeding 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit). Such hot, dry conditions make this desert vulnerable to dust storms.

    NASA image courtesy the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.



    NASA Identifier: ge_19369

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    Date Taken: 08.02.2011
    Date Posted: 02.08.2013 08:25
    Photo ID: 841401
    Resolution: 3416x4774
    Size: 2.47 MB
    Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., US

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