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EO Kids: Dust, A World Traveler

The Moroccan coastline runs diagonally across the image. The land is on the right and largely beige and brown in color. The Atlantic Ocean on the left along with some small islands. Significant cloud coverage is interspersed over the dark blue ocean waters. Light colored dust blows off the land in the center of the image, obscuring the ocean below somewhat.
Desert winds kicked up a cloud of dust from northern Africa. View the full story
NASA Earth Observatory/Lauren Dauphin
Levels
  • Introductory (K-5)
Material Type
  • Article/Informative Text
  • Diagram/Illustration
  • Activity/Hands-on
Heliophysics Big Ideas
  • Big Idea 3.2 – Energy from the Sun is created in the core…
NGSS
  • ESS2 - Earth's Systems
Heliophysics Topics
  • Atmosphere
  • Energy
Related Missions
  • Aqua (Earth)
  • Landsat (Earth)
Material Cost per Learner Free
Language English

How far can dust travel? Where does it come from? Explore the answers to these questions and make a model of how dust affects sky visibility in this blog written for audiences aged 9 to 14. It is published with support from NASA’s Landsat, Terra, and Aqua missions.

Download Earth Observatory's Activity (PDF): https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/eokids/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/03/Dust_draft3_final2_508.pdf