Sandstorm off the coast of Senegal
Posted on July 3rd, 2009 by Matt Smith
An African Sandstorm
A fantastic picture courtesy of NASA (via the BBC) – a sandstorm moves from Africa’s Atlantic coast towards the cowering Cape Verde archipelago. Gambia is below the southern part of this picture, the country you can see is Senegal. Sandstorms are generally not a problem in The Gambia but they can sweep across the country from time to time, encrusting everything with a thin rime and lending the sun a strange alien glow…
