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Photo, Satellite Image Show Dust Storm -- At Sea

By Jesse Ferrell, AccuWeather meteorologist

Published Mar 21, 2012 9:25 AM EDT | Updated Mar 21, 2012 12:00 PM EDT

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Gizmodo pointed out this NAVY photo this morning, showing a dust storm on an aircraft carrier at sea on March 19.

Dust storms routinely blow out to sea, especially in Africa and the Middle East. What's unusual here is that it's rare to see a "ground" photo of them on the ocean. What Gizmodo didn't show you was NASA's satellite photo of the event (also notice what appear to be "gravity waves" within the dust):

Gizmodo says "Nothing bad happened to the USS Carl Vinson, however. Just some serious visibility problems and probably a lot of clean up later."

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