Acquired March 3, 2011, this natural-color image shows a dust storm blowing through Iraq.
Published Mar 5, 2011
Dust blankets Syria’s Fertile Crescent in this natural-color image from May 11, 2010.
Published May 11, 2010
Acquired June 2, 2011, this natural-color image shows a dust storm over Iraq.
Published Jun 2, 2011
A pale veil of dust hangs over the Euphrates River in Syria and Iraq in this natural-color image from June 18, 2010.
Published Jun 18, 2010
Dust blows in a clockwise direction through Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia in this true-color image acquired June 5, 2009.
Published Jun 5, 2009
Acquired in early December 2011, this image shows a dust storm adjacent to a cloudbank in Syria and Iraq.
Published Dec 12, 2011
Following the course of the Euphrates River, a large sandstorm swept over Iraq on September 14, 2008. Sandstorms are common in Iraq’s desert terrain, especially during the summer, when a strong northwesterly wind called the shamal blows over the floodplain of Iraq’s Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
Published Sep 27, 2008
A thick plume of light-colored dust covers much of Iraq in this photo-like image from June 7, 2010.
Published Jun 7, 2010
