Acquired July 31, 2009, this true-color image shows a thick plume of dust over the Persian Gulf. Just blown off the Iraqi coast, the dust engulfs Bahrain and Qatar, and heads for the United Arab Emirates.
Published Jul 31, 2009
Acquired March 3 and 4, 2011, these natural-color images show the progression of a dust storm over Iraq.
Published Mar 8, 2011
This natural-color image from July 4, 2009, shows thick dust over much of Iraq and along the southern coast of Iran. Thinner dust appears over northern Iran and southern Iraq.
Published Jul 6, 2009
Intense dust storms have raged across two continents in mid-March 2012.
Published Mar 22, 2012
