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Sulfur Dioxide Spreads Over Iraq

A fire at a sulfur mine and processing facility near Mosul has raised a noxious cloud of sulfur dioxide over much of northern Iraq.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Sulfur Dioxide Spreads Over Iraq.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using data provided courtesy of the Aura OMI science team and MODIS data from LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published October 26, 2016
Data acquired October 22 - 24, 2016

Sources:: Aqua > MODIS; Aura > OMI