
Credit:
NASA GSFC Landsat/LDCM EPO Team
Inky-black smoke pours into the atmosphere from burning oil wells in this 1991 natural-color image of Kuwait. As defeated Iraqi military forces retreated from Kuwait, they set fire to oil wells in their wake.
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Metadata
Sensor:
Landsat 5 - TMData Date:
February 22, 1991Visualization Date:
May 21, 2012

