Dust Storm Over Chile and Argentina: Natural Hazards

Although snow-capped Andes often come to mind when one envisions the border between Chile and Argentina, dry salt lakes also occur there, and they occasionally give rise to dust storms. Such a dust storm occurred on July 12, 2008, as the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov (MODIS) on NASA's aqua.nasa.gov Aqua satellite passed overhead.