Wall Of Dust, Kansas, 1935 is a photograph by Science Source which was uploaded on March 7th, 2013.
Wall Of Dust, Kansas, 1935
A wall of dust approaching a Kansas town. Great Plains, United States. Circa 1935. No precise location given. The Dust Bowl, or the Dirty Thirties,... more
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Wall Of Dust, Kansas, 1935
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A wall of dust approaching a Kansas town. Great Plains, United States. Circa 1935. No precise location given. The Dust Bowl, or the Dirty Thirties, was a period of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American and Canadian prairie lands from 1930 to 1936 (in some areas until 1940). The phenomenon was caused by severe drought coupled with decades of extensive farming without crop rotation, fallow fields, cover crops or other techniques to prevent wind erosion. Deep plowing of the virgin topsoil of the Great Plains had displaced the natural deep-rooted grasses that normally kept the soil in place and trapped moisture even during periods of drought and high winds.
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