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.
A MODIS image shows dust plumes over Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, and Iran on June 18, 2009. The dust is thickest along the Iraq-Iran border.
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.