Swallowed by a Giant Wall of Sand - Neatorama

National Geographic cameraman Bob Poole was filming elephants in Mali, West Africa, when something quite unusual happened: a giant dust storm rose up and swallowed all the light, turning day into pitch darkness. Naturally, he kept on filming!

Hit play or go to http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/great-migrations-episode-guide/#tab-Videos/08740_00 - Thanks Minjae!

Looks like 2012 decided to come early . . .

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Very interesting. Have seen numerous still photos of such from Iraq and Australia, but never a video. Thank you for posting this.

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wow... that looks extremely scary.

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The most unreal and unsettling part is where the giant horizon-spanning wall moves towards them.

If I saw that I would assume it was some sort of freakish Armageddon event.

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You always see pictures of it from the air or from afar. However, seeing it from the ground level as it barrels down towards you is something else entirely.

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Damn. That's a helluva scene. 4 hours. Damn damn!

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Wow.
No wonder people and animals get desorientated and get lost and even die in that.

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Pretty nutty, but I guess he's never seen a tornado. That would be a few degrees wilder, I think.

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