Amazing images of a dust storm in the Pilbara on Monday have captured the pinks and oranges of the dust whipped up against the blue sky.

The photographs posted on perthweatherlive.com.au show what Bureau of Meteorology duty forecaster Angus Moore said was a common occurrence in the northern part of Western Australia.

He said the dust storm appeared to have formed ahead of a thunderstorm.

"The gust flow propagates at the front of the storm and it sends the dust up," Mr Moore said.

Some of the photographs show the storm from above, taken from inside a plane.