sahara

Yes, there are configs for dust clouds on a number of planets. If you dislike this feature, go to the AstronomersVisualPack\AVP_Configs folder in GameData and delete or edit the Duststorms.cfg file. Or move it to some folder if you want to have it on hand just in case. EDIT: Worth noting the Duna dust storms are also made by this same file, so you may prefer to edit the file to remove the objects for other planets and moons.

For what it's worth, I also encountered this exact same issue trying to install on 1.10, but I realized the problem was that I wasn't running the beta branch of Kopernicus, which meant that Kopernicus didn't load due to the version incompaitibility. I'd be willing to hazard a guess that they're encountering the same issue, especially if installing via CKAN.