Dust Storm in Afghanistan and Pakistan

  • Credit

    Image provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

Dust was blowing across the deserts of Afghanistan and Pakistan on September 16, 2004.

Dust hung over the deserts of southern Afghanistan and western Pakistan on September 16, 2004. The Sea-viewing Wide Field of View Sensor (SeaWiFS) captured this oblique view of the dust storm at 8:00 UTC, 1 p.m. in Karachi, Pakistan. To the right of the dust storm, a green ribbon of vegetation lines the Indus River as it runs down the length of Pakistan into the Arabian Sea.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    OrbView-2/SeaWiFS

  • Start Date

    2004-09-16

  • Event Start Date

    2004-09-16

  • NH Image ID

    12446

  • NH Event ID

    10485

  • NH Posting Date

    2004-09-16