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Headline: Amazing Earth: NASA Chose Best Satellite Images from 2019

Caption: PICTURE SHOWS: Dust Storm in Southern Africa. Although the Sahara Desert in Northern Africa is one of the world’s most major sources of dust, southern Africa still gets hit with intense dust storms from time to time. When this image was taken on Sept. 25, 2019, people in coastal towns along the west coast of Namibia and South Africa watched skies turn red as fierce winds carried plumes of sand toward the Atlantic Ocean. The plumes were observed with the VIIRS on the Suomi NPP satellite. The event covered a wide area north and south of the Orange River, which forms part of the border between Namibia and South Africa. The winds lofted enough particles to cloud the air and impede visibility. According to news reports, aircraft were unable to land at nearby airports. ... STORY COPY: Amazing Earth: Satellite Images from 2019 This January, NASA have taken a look back at some notable satellite views of our planet from 2019. They explain: “Was 2019 an eventful year for you? It certainly was for our home planet. Earth experienced volcanic eruptions, tropical cyclones and melting glaciers. From space, NASA saw a surge in Amazon rainforest wildfires as well as a total solar eclipse in the South Pacific. “What better way to reflect on the events of 2019 than through the “eyes” of NASA’s fleet of Earth-observing satellites and instruments on the International Space Station? These space assets constantly orbit our globe and provide invaluable information to scientists, government agencies and people like you.”

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