A massive dust storm on December 12, 2003, almost completely obscured large parts of southwest Asia at the time of this image, which was captured by the modis.gsfc.nasa.gov Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the terra.nasa.gov/ Terra satellite. Thick clouds of tan-colored dust wash over Iran (left), Afghanistan (top right), and Pakistan (bottom right). From Iran, the wave of dust is crashing over the Gulf of Oman, which opens into the Arabian Sea (bottom).
The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2003346-1212/Pakistan.A2003346.0625 additional spatial resolutions, including MODIS' maximum resolution of 250 meters.
Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
| Date Taken: | 07.24.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 10.10.2012 15:04 |
| Photo ID: | 702279 |
| Resolution: | 3699x3591 |
| Size: | 1.17 MB |
| Location: | WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US |
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