South America Dust

Satellite
Peru
SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, ORBIMAGE

This might be dust from Peru in this SeaWiFS image, which appears to be blowing westward -- perhaps underneath the clouds which are also visible in the image.

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Maps of Peru

Satellite Image, Photo of Rio Camana, Rio Ocona, Peru

Some of the deepest canyons in the world cut west to the Pacific from the high...

Satellite Image, Photo of Acarí and Yauca Rivers, Laguna Parincocha, Peru

Arid Coast of Peru Following. the last major upheaval of the Andes Mountains, rivers flowing down...

Snow across Peru summits

As winter settles over the Southern Hemisphere, South America has been lashed with snow, heavy rain...

Open-cell and closed-cell clouds off Peru, Pacific Ocean

Resembling a frosted window on a cold winters day, this lacy pattern of marine clouds was...

Open-cell clouds off Peru

Fascinating open- and closed-cell cumulus cloud formations, such as the one featured here, are common off...

Peru

SeaWiFS sees Peru in this overpass.

Peru

SeaWiFS imaged Peru through the snow in this overpass.

Deepest Canyons of the Andes

full-size images: true color (620 KB) 3-d anagylph (780 KB) The spectacular canyons of the central...

Earthquake in Peru June 23, 2001

Earthquake Epicenter, Peru. A massive earthquake hit coastal Peru on June 23, 2001, near the tiny...

Nazca Lines, Peru

This Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) image, cropped from a full scene, covers...

South America Dust