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Dust Storm over Iraq and Iran

On July 5-6, 2009, the Ozone Monitoring Instrument observed how much sunlight could reach the surface of the Earth through the dust particles kicked up by a severe dust storm over Iraq and Iran.


NASA images created by Jesse Allen, using OMI aerosol data provided courtesy of Omar Torres (Hampton University) and Changwoo Ahn (SSAI). Caption by Omar Torres and Michon Scott.

Published July 17, 2009
Data acquired July 5 - 6, 2009

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
Aura > OMI