Dust Storm in Iraq

Credit: Jeff Schmaltz; MODIS team; NASA, Posted on: Thursday, 18 September 2008, 06:17 CDT Download full size image

A massive cloud of dust hovered over Iraq in mid-September 2008. The MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image on September 16, 2008.

In this true-color, photo-like image, a nearly uniform cloud of dust obscures the view of northeastern Iraq and a small portion of Iran. The source points for the dust storm are not obvious from this image, although the fine sediments of the Tigris and Euphrates floodplain provide plentiful material for dust storms in this region. Winds moving the dust may have changed direction slightly since kicking the dust particles aloft.

More Images

Mars
Impact Crater.Very Fresh 1-Kilometer Diameter Impact Crater...

---

Universe
Black Hole Zapping a Galaxy Into Existence.This artist’s impression shows how jets from supermassive black holes could form galaxies, thereby...

---