14 DAY TRIAL // Just yesterday, NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the United States) released yet another photo of what our good old Earth looks like when observed from space.
The photo, available above, was taken over two weeks ago, on June 21, and it shows dust plumes leaving the coast of Africa and heading out towards the open ocean.
On its website, NASA details that the photo was taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station, and that the coastline featured in it is Namibia's.
Together with the Orange River, which happens to be the largest river in South Africa, Namibia's Sand Sea, which measures about 350 kilometers (220 miles) in length, is also visible in this photo.
“Namibia’s great Sand Sea appears here as a reddish zone along part of the coast (image center),” the Administration writes in the image's description.
“The Sand Sea is more than 350 kilometers (220 miles) long, giving a sense of the length of the visible dust plumes,” NASA goes on to add.
In case anyone was wondering, dust plumes such as the ones pictured above form when strong winds send dust from inland towards the ocean.
The winds responsible of the dust plumes visible over the Atlantic Ocean in this photo are especially hot and flow from inland mountains in Namibia.