The dust storm that plagued Iraq on August 8, 2005, and delayed constitution talks lingered over the region the next day. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ (MODIS) flying onboard the aqua.nasa.gov/ Aqua satellite took this picture on August 9, 2005. In this image, a pale beige cloud of dust several hundred kilometers across sweeps out of Iraq and over the Persian Gulf in the southeast.
This dust storm was caused by a phenomenon known as a shamal (also called a shumal, or shimal). A shamal is a northwest wind that can last several days. Shamals cause some of the most destructive dust storms in the Middle East.
NASA image created by Jeff Schmaltz, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ MODIS Rapid Response team.
| Date Taken: | 07.26.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 02.08.2013 10:07 |
| Photo ID: | 844022 |
| Resolution: | 2500x3077 |
| Size: | 1.15 MB |
| Location: | WASHINGTON, D.C., US |
| Web Views: | 16 |
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