Images & Animations
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Credit
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
A dust storm in Iraq (top) and Saudi Arabia (bottom) spreads desert sands across the region. The dust obscures the wetlands along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (green area at right of the image). Red dots indicate fire detections, possibly flares or fires at oil and gas wells. This image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite on February 20, 2003.
Metadata
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Sensor
Terra/MODIS -
Visualization Date
2003-03-09
