View from orbit of a huge white sands dust storm
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 - 10:30
in Astronomy & Space
Its clear from this image of why a region in New Mexico, USA is called White Sands. The dust plumes in this photograph taken by an astronaut on board the International Space Station show a dust storm in the White Sands National Monument. But this is a huge dust storm. The white dust plumes stretch across more than 120 kilometers (74 miles).