Dust Storm over the Persian Gulf

The Terra and Aqua satellites saw a thick plume of dust blowing over the Persian Gulf on April 17.

Much of northern stretch of the Persian Gulf was obscured by a dust storm on April 17, 2004. This true-color image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite. Earlier that same day, the MODIS instrument aboard the Terra satellite acquired another image of the event.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Aqua/MODIS

  • Start Date

    2004-04-17

  • Event Start Date

    2004-04-17

  • NH Image ID

    12077

  • NH Event ID

    10339

  • NH Posting Date

    2004-04-19