A massive plume of Saharan dust arrived to Florida after a 5,000-mile journey from Africa on Thursday, turning the sky a milky gray and suppressing some rain.

Dust carried across the Atlantic is one of the great wonders of the weather world. This is the most significant cloud so far this year.

Clouds of dust blown off the Saharan Desert into the southeastern U.S. could affect local weather and make sunrises and sunsets particularly vivid