2013-09-02

Dust storm from sandur area north of Dyngjujökull

Quite a big dust storm originated from Holuhraun, north of Dynjujökull, outlet glacier of Vatnajökull, in Iceland today. At the time the satellite image was taken, around 14:40 on 2 September 2013, the wind speed at the nearby weather station Kárahnjúkar showed wind speeds of 18 m/s, with gusts up to 24 m/s.

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Image from NASA/Rapidfire via IMO.

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