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Dust Storm over Colorado and Kansas

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Apr 19, 2004
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2004-04-18 00:00:00
April 18, 2004

Winds in excess of 30 miles per hour blew across most of the midwestern United States on April 18, 2004. This true-color scene shows a large dust storm blowing from eastern Colorado into western Kansas, as a result of the strong winds, measured at near hurricane force in this region. According to news reports, the storm reduced visibility at the surface to less than a mile and contributed to a number of car accidents in the region, including a 17-car pileup near Burlington, CO.

This image was acquired on April 18 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra satellite.

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Image courtesy Liam Gumley, Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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