Asian Dust Reaches Alaska Image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project,
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE This SeaWiFS view
of Alaska (upper right) and the Bering Sea (center), collected
on April 13, 2002, reveals an unmistakable wave of dust
(brownish pixels) traveling southward along Alaskas western
coastline and over the Aleutian Island chain. The dust, probably
from East Asia, is easily distinguished from the bright white
clouds (lower left) and the snow and ice covered surfaces on and
around Alaska. This image originally appeared on the Earth
Observatory. Click here to view the full, original record.