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Iraq

Media reports of an act of sabotage along oil pipelines in northern Iraq could explain the black cloud of oil smoke visible in this image of the region, captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite on August 17, 2003.


Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published August 18, 2003
Data acquired August 17 - 17, 2003

Source:
Terra > MODIS
Collection:
Visible Earth