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In December 2016, snow fell in the Sahara for the first time since 1979. In 1984, the charitable supergroup Band Aid...
For the first time, a NASA satellite has quantified in three dimensions how much dust makes the trans-Atlantic...
iss058e000174 (Dec. 23, 2018) --- The International Space Station's robotic arm, Canadarm2, seemingly reaches out to...
iss069e005471 (April 26, 2023) --- The Richat Structure, also known as the "Eye of the Sahara," an eroded geological...
iss069e005526 (April 26, 2023) --- The Richat Structure, also known as the "Eye of the Sahara," an eroded geological...
STS068-228-081 (30 September-11 October 1994) --- This northwest-looking view shows central Algeria with an unusual...
iss072e068304 (Oct. 13, 2024) --- The town and commune of In Ghar, with a population of over 11,000 in Algeria's...
For the first time, a NASA satellite has quantified in three dimensions how much dust makes the trans-Atlantic...
For the first time, a NASA satellite has quantified in three dimensions how much dust makes the trans-Atlantic...
STS049-92-071 (13 May 1992) --- The STS-49 crew aboard the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Endeavour captured this...
In July of 2005, a continent-sized cloud of hot air and dust originating from the Sahara Desert crossed the Atlantic...
iss073e0906087 (Sept. 28, 2025) --- The Tibesti Mountains in the Sahara, primarily formed by volcanic activity...
For the first time, a NASA satellite has quantified in three dimensions how much dust makes the trans-Atlantic...
iss072e065377 (Oct. 17, 2024) --- The borders of three African nations, Libya, Sudan, and Egypt, meet in the eastern...
STS072-709-063 (11-20 Jan. 1996) --- The astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour exposed this 70mm frame of...
iss074e0320309 (Feb. 21, 2026) --- Wadis, dry riverbeds or channels that carry water only during the rainy season,...
iss069e005536 (April 26, 2023) --- The Richat Structure, also known as the "Eye of the Sahara," an eroded geological...
For the first time, a NASA satellite has quantified in three dimensions how much dust makes the trans-Atlantic...
For the first time, a NASA satellite has quantified in three dimensions how much dust makes the trans-Atlantic...
STS054-152-189 (13-19 Jan. 1993) --- This near-vertical color photograph shows the very diverse landscape that is...
AS04-01-410 (9 Nov. 1967) --- Coastal Brazil, Atlantic Ocean, West Africa, Sahara, Antarctica, looking west, as...
S66-46062 (18-21 July 1966) --- Area of the Spanish Sahara--Mauritania--Algeria--Morocco, looking north into Hamada...
Radially symmetrical, star dunes dominate the Grand Erg Oriental of the Algerian Sahara, as depicted in this image...
The impact of an asteroid or comet several hundred million years ago left scars in the landscape that are still...