This image is showing a dust storm in Greenland captured by the Sentinel-2 satellite. The region being photographed is located about 80 miles northwest of the village Ittoqqortoormiit in Greenland. It’s astonishing that there is a dust storm as the region in the image is at 73 degrees North, or 700 miles north of the arctic circle. The dust is coming from the bedrock which is scrapped down by moving glaciers then being picked up by high winds. The dust storm came about due to the drying of a braided river and an aggressive northwestern wind. According to the NASA scientist who publicized this event, this is the largest dust storm seen this far north in his memory.
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