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Dust emission in the Little Colorado River Valley (left) Dust on snow throughout the Rocky Mountains (right)

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Dust emission from many point sources in the Little Colorado River Valley on the southern Colorado Plateau. Dust is being transported towards snow cover in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. MODIS image from April 3, 2009 (left).

Image showing dust on snow throughout the Rocky Mountains, especially in the San Juan Mountains. This image shows conditions after the dust layers that were deposited over the WY2009 dust season have merged together due to snow melt. The dust in this image includes the dust emitted from the southern Colorado Plateau shown in the other MODIS image. This MODIS image is from May 18, 2009 (right).

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