NASA Photo ID: STS049-92-071 File Name: 10065214.jpg Film Type: 70mm Date Taken: 05/16/92 Title: Dust Storm, Sahara Desert, Algeria/Niger Border, Africa Description: A series of gust fronts caused by disipating thunderstorms have picked up dust along the outflow boundries and produced this dust storm in the Sahara Desert along the Algeria/Niger border (25.0N, 10.0E). Small cumulus clouds have formed over the most vigorously ascending parts of the dust front, enhancing the visual effect. Storms such as this can move out into the Atlantic, bringing dust even as far as the Americas and beyond.