Blowing dust originating from the Gobi Desert in Mongolia
![Himawari-8 True Color RGB images [click to play animation | MP4]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/images/2020/05/Himawari-8_AHI_FLDK_true_color_2020132_225000Z.png)
Himawari-8 True Color RGB images [click to play animation | MP4]
A longer day/night animation of Himawari-8 Dust RGB images (below) indicated that the dust plume (shades of pink) originated in Mongolia early on 11 May, along a cold front associated with a strong midlatitude cyclone over northeastern China.
![Himawari-8 Dust RGB images [click to play animation | MP4]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/images/2020/05/Himawari-8_AHI_FLDK_dust_2020132_220000Z.png)
Himawari-8 Dust RGB images [click to play animation | MP4]