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Taking On an African Dust Mega Storm With a Video Camera and a Headlamp

By Kyle VanHemert Published September 21, 2010, 10:40 pm ET

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Click to viewNational Geographic cameraman Bob Poole was filming elephants in Mali when this massive, sun-swallowing dust cloud rolled up on him and his team. Instead of running for the hills, they kept the cameras recording and waited it out. Madness. [Neatorama]

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