Satellite video shows moment a massive Colorado dust storm colliding with three ...

Satellite video shows moment a massive Colorado dust storm colliding with three ...
Satellite video shows moment a massive Colorado dust storm colliding with three ...

Incredible satellite imagery from space shows the moment a massive dust storm in the western United States collided with three wildfires.

Over a period of two hours on Friday evening, a time lapse video shows the enormous sandstorm, tens of miles wide descending from southern Colorado as it eventually becomes entangled with the smoke from wildfires burning nearby in New Mexico

When sped up, the video is truly mesmerizing as the band of sand meets the thick white smoke from blown eastwards over the mountains.

Satellite imagery from space shows the moment a massive dust storm in the western United States collided with three wildfires

Satellite imagery from space shows the moment a massive dust storm in the western United States collided with three wildfires

Colorado dust storm spanned hundreds of miles and travelled at around 60 mph

Colorado dust storm spanned hundreds of miles and travelled at around 60 mph

The storm collided with wildfires, some of the largest in New Mexico state history

The storm collided with wildfires, some of the largest in New Mexico state history

The images were captured by a satellite owned by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The smoke came from a wildfire outbreak in northern New Mexico which started in April and has only become worse in the last two weeks with a drought and high winds fueling the flames.

The total area of land burning in the satellite image is roughly 380 square miles, an area larger than the city of Indianapolis. 

The dust storm which descended from the north was pushed along by violent winds in Colorado. 

This photo provided by Renee Valdez shows plumes of smoke rising into the air, from wildfires in Las Vegas, New Mexico on Monday

This photo provided by Renee Valdez shows plumes of smoke rising into the air, from wildfires in Las Vegas, New Mexico on Monday

Smoke and dust sweep across a field near Las Vegas, New Mexico on Wednesday

Smoke and dust sweep across a field near Las Vegas, New Mexico on Wednesday

A slurry bomber dumps the fire retardant between the Calf Canyon/Hermit Peak Fire and homes on the westside of Las Vegas, New Mexico. Several types of aircraft joined the fight to keep the fire away for the Northern New Mexico town

A slurry bomber dumps the fire retardant between the Calf Canyon/Hermit Peak Fire and homes on the westside of Las Vegas, New Mexico. Several types of aircraft joined the fight to keep the fire away for the Northern New Mexico town

'Visibility is dropping to near zero and winds are gusting to 50-60mph within this blowing dust,' the National Weather Service said at the time. 

Dust particles were blown hundreds of miles across southeastern Colorado, western Kansas, and the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles. 

Both the dust storm and wildfires are symptomatic of natural disasters that are becoming ever more common and severe.

As of Wednesday, seven large fires were still burning in New Mexico with the satellite imagery showing three of them. 

The westernmost fire is the Cerro Pelado fire currently consuming 27,000 acres near the Los Alamos National Laboratory. 

A firefighting plane flies over a plume of smoke near Las Vegas, New Mexico on Wednesday

A firefighting plane flies over a plume of smoke near Las Vegas, New Mexico on Wednesday

A CL-415 enhanced aerial firefighter, better known as a Super Scooper, makes numerous bombing runs to drop water on the Calf Canyon/Hermit Peak Fire burning near Luna Community College

A CL-415 enhanced aerial firefighter, better known as a Super Scooper, makes numerous bombing runs to drop water on the Calf Canyon/Hermit Peak Fire burning near Luna Community College

Leonard Padilla and 5-year-old Ivan Padilla watch a wildfire burning near Las Vegas, New Mexico on Tuesday. Flames raced across more of New Mexico's pine-covered mountainsides Tuesday, charring more than 217 square miles over the last several weeks

Leonard Padilla and 5-year-old Ivan Padilla watch a wildfire burning near Las Vegas, New Mexico on Tuesday. Flames raced across more of New Mexico's pine-covered mountainsides Tuesday, charring more than 217 square miles over the last several weeks

In the north, the Cooks Peak fire covers about 59,000 acres near Taos.

To the south, the Calf Canyon and Hermits Peak fires merged into one massive 160,000 acre inferno forcing 13,000 people in the town of Las Vegas, New Mexico to leave their homes. 

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