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Data acquired December 12, 2003 1450 x 1150 367 KB Bytes - JPEG
Data acquired December 12, 2003 2900 x 2300 1 MB Bytes - JPEG
Data acquired December 12, 2003 5800 x 4600 3 MB Bytes - JPEG
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 Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the 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).
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Published December 15, 2003 Data acquired December 12, 2003