Dust Storms When the Air Itself Turns Against You! They are known by many names: Haboob, Simum, Black Blizzards. A solid wall of dust almost a mile high, moving whole sand dunes and bringing Biblical darkness to the huge areas of the world. Scorching hot winds (up to 40 degrees Celsius) blowing the sand around with hurricane speeds... What seems extreme to us is actually a common occurrence in Africa and the Middle East. The similar sand-saturated hurricane-speed storms over Mediterranian are called Sirocco, Yugo and Ghibli. The dust (or desert sand) particles become airborne and held in suspension, creating a moving front. The convection of cold air over the heated ground maintains the storm and keeps the dust rolling.
See one such storm coming into the Israeli Negev desert from Sinai (advancing with the speed of appr. 40 mph). According to the photographer Eviathar ben Zedeff (link), the sand wall is over 4,000 ft high:  Dust Storm Israeli Negev Desert  Dust Storm Israeli Negev Desert Sand Storm in Khartoum, Sudan:  Sand Storm in Khartoum, Sudan  Sand Storm in Khartoum, Sudan Here is an alarming fact: sand storms now happen ten times more frequently than fifty years ago. For example, Mauritania had only two storms per year in the early Sixties, now it's more like EIGHTY a year. Sahara's sand is also being sent into the Atlantic at an accelerated pace (five times growth in one year, since 2006!) - however, this could be a good thing, according to Wikipedia, as it will cool off the ocean enough to slightly ease the ongoing 2007 hurricane season.
Dust covers Astana, the new capital of Kazakhstan:
 Dust covers Astana, the new capital of Kazakhstan  Dust covers Astana, the new capital of Kazakhstan  Storm in Phoenix, Arizona, USA  The lamplighters brave the dust storm in Nevada desert The next picture may look like an incoming dust storm, but it is just a cloud front.  Cloud Front Australian Outback
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no words can explain.
One get scarred , if imagine they come in the way of those storm...
Thanks....
Thanks for such a wonderful selection.
P.S. its the 1st time i see a cloud front.
i learn something new every day
these are not real pictures, but draws!!!!it can't happen that........
oh my godness!!!!!!!! !
IF WE ARE SHAKEN UP WITH THIS PICTURES............
CAN ONE IMAGINE THE DOOMSDAY ????????????????
!!!!!!!! ALLAH THE ALMIGHTY HAVE MERCY ON US ALL !!!!!!!!!
!!!!THEE ALONE WE WORSHIP, THEE ALONE WE ASK FOR HELP !!!!
hooooooooooo
no one can judge the nature.
wovvvvvvvvvvvvv
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