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Data acquired February 21, 2008 540 x 720 JPEG
Data acquired February 21, 2008 7200 x 9400 7 MB - JPEG
Data acquired February 21, 2008 53 KB - KML/KMZ
Data acquired February 21, 2008 JPEG
Although common during the summer, dust storms are relatively rare during the winter in the Middle East. Yet on February 21, 2008, dust plumes blew over Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and off the coasts of Yemen and Oman.
NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response team. Caption by Michon Scott.
Published February 29, 2008 Data acquired February 21, 2008