Dust Storm over Iraq
By Richard Chasey, posted on July 7th, 2009 in Earth Observation
Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory
This true-color image, taken July 3, 2009, shows thick dust between Syria and the Iraq-Iran border. Over northwestern Iraq, the dust takes on a strangely textured appearance.
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