Dust over Boa Vista

Every summer, the wind carries large amounts of desert dust particles from the hot and dry Sahara Desert in northern Africa across the Atlantic Ocean. Data from the Copernicus Sentinel satellites and ESA’s Aeolus satellite show the extent of this year’s summer dust plume, dubbed ‘Godzilla,’ on its journey across the Atlantic.

In this image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, dust particles can be seen over Boa Vista on 17 June 2020.