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Agricultural Fires in Northw
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Agricultural Fires in Northwest India |
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A tight cluster of red dots in the top left of this image marks the location of numerous actively burning fires at the foothills of the Himalaya Mountains in northwest India. The image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite on October 22, 2004, and also shows a thick haze dammed up at the base of the towering mountains at upper right. While smoke from the fires almost certainly contributed to the haze, there may also be residual dust from dust storms in the deserts of Afghanistan and Pakistan in previous weeks, as well as urban pollution from cities in Pakistan and India. The border between the two countries runs mostly along the eastern edge of the fertile Indus River floodplain, where vegetation stands out sharply against the paler, more arid terrain in the far left portion of the image. The Indus flows southward and empties into the Arabian Sea. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the MODIS Rapid Response team. |
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Floods in Pakistan
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Floods in Pakistan |
| Description |
A dual disaster hit Pakistan in the final week of June 2007. On June 23, rare heavy rains and winds swept over much of the country, and three days later, on June 26, Cyclone Yemyin (03B) blew ashore in southern Pakistan. The two storms caused extensive flooding in the country's southwest from the Arabian Sea coast to the border with Afghanistan. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) captured this image of flooding near the Indus River on July 2, 2007. The large image shows additional flooding along the coast. In this type of false-color image, made with infrared and visible light, water is dark blue or black. The lighter blue color in the north is either water-soaked land or mud-laden water. The desert landscape is tan-pink, while cropland near the Indus is green. Clouds are pale blue and white. The lower image, taken on June 23 before the storm moved in, shows normal conditions. The white streak near the right edge of the image is sunlight reflected off the wetlands around the Indus River. In the area shown here, more than 100,000 people were displaced when 800 villages were submerged by floods, said Relief Web. [ http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullMaps_Sa.nsf/luFullMap/4B4253F15CBDB7D6C125730F003DC643/$File/rw_FL_pak070705.pdf?OpenElement ] As of July 4, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies [ http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LSGZ-74SGLW?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=FF-2007-000082-PAK ] estimated that approximately 300 lives had been lost throughout Pakistan, and 550,000 people had been displaced. You can download a 250-meter-resolution KMZ file of the flooding [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Jul2007/pakistan_tmo_2007183.kmz ] and comparison imagery from June 23, suitable for use with Google Earth. [ http://earth.google.com/ ] NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] team. |
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Haze along the Himalaya Fron
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| Title |
Haze along the Himalaya Front Range |
| Description |
This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the sensor on the Aqua satellite shows different types of aerosols (particles suspended in the atmosphere) over India and Pakistan on December 1, 2004. In the center of the image, the Indus River runs in a sinuous, thick green braid from the foothills of the Himalaya Mountains (top right, hidden by clouds) to the Arabian Sea (bottom left). Backed up against the mountains, a grayish pall is likely human-made particle pollution, from vehicles, energy production, and household heating and cooking fires. At the mouth of the Indus, a tan-colored cloud of aerosols is probably blowing dust from the region?s arid landscapes. To the west of the Indus, a rugged line of mountains separates Pakistan from Afghanistan. The large roan-colored desert is the Margo Desert of southern Afghanistan. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the MODIS Rapid Response team. |
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Dust from Southwest Asia ove
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| Title |
Dust from Southwest Asia over Arabian Sea |
| Description |
On May 8, 2005, a veil of dust from the arid landscapes of southern Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan hung over the Arabian Sea. The S-shaped, olive green path of the Indus River in western Pakistan appears washed out beneath the dust. When this image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov ] satellite, the wind was stirring dust from valley deserts and spreading it southward across the mountainous coastal terrain of Iran (which occupies most of the upper left of the scene) and Pakistan (which occupies most of the upper right). NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-GSFC |
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Dust from Southwest Asia ove
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| Title |
Dust from Southwest Asia over Arabian Sea |
| Description |
On May 8, 2005, a veil of dust from the arid landscapes of southern Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan hung over the Arabian Sea. The S-shaped, olive green path of the Indus River in western Pakistan appears washed out beneath the dust. When this image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov ] satellite, the wind was stirring dust from valley deserts and spreading it southward across the mountainous coastal terrain of Iran (which occupies most of the upper left of the scene) and Pakistan (which occupies most of the upper right). NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-GSFC |
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Dust in Afghanistan
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Dust in Afghanistan |
| Description |
Across a wide portion of southwestern Asia, winds were whipping across deserts, sending a froth of dust into the skies on April 8, 2005. The wind raised particularly thick streamers of dust from the surfaces of the Margo Desert in southern Afghanistan and the Thar Desert, which straddles the border between Pakistan and India. Like an atmospheric alter ego of the Indus River, an airborne river of dust flows southward from the Thar Desert and out over the Arabian Sea. This image of the event was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov ] satellite. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the Goddard Earth Sciences DAAC. |
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Dust in the Indus Valley
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Dust in the Indus Valley |
| Description |
From the foothills of the Himalaya Mountains (upper right) to the east of the broad swath of olive-green vegetation along the Indus River Plain, blowing dust and sand make their own river that flows past the Thar Desert and out over the Arabian Sea (lower left). The winds must be wide-spread and fierce over the region, as pale dust plumes are streaming away from orange-colored deserts in Afghanistan (upper left), as well. This image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite on May 23, 2004. Image by Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-GSFC |
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Dust over Arabian Sea
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Dust over Arabian Sea |
| Description |
A dust storm was blowing large quantities of dust out over the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea on Saturday, December 13, 2003. In this true-color scene, acquired by the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS), the dust storm (light brown pixels) can be seen extending from the the Arabian Peninsula (left) eastward over the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman toward the Arabian Sea. Parts of southern Afghanistan and much of Pakistan are also covered by airborne dust. Further to the east, over northwestern India, there appears to be an extensive plume of another aerosol type. The grayish color of the haze there suggests it is of human origin. Image courtesy SeaWiFS Project, [ http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov ] NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE |
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Dust over Arabian Sea
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Dust over Arabian Sea |
| Description |
A massive dust storm on December 12, 2003, almost completely obscured large parts of southwest Asia at the time of this image, which was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite. Thick clouds of tan-colored dust wash over Iran (left), Afghanistan (top right), and Pakistan (bottom right). From Iran, the wave of dust is crashing over the Gulf of Oman, which opens into the Arabian Sea (bottom). The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional spatial resolutions, including MODIS? maximum resolution of 250 meters. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Dust over the Arabian Sea
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Dust over the Arabian Sea |
| Description |
A number of jets of windblown desert dust (light brown plumes) were blowing over the Gulf of Oman (middle left) and the Arabian Sea (bottom center) on May 2, 2003. Originating from the Arabian Peninsula (left) as well as Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (top center and top right, respectively), the dust obscures the surface over much of the region. This image was made using data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensors flying aboard NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites at hours apart on the same day. The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at MODIS' maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC |
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Dust over the Arabian Sea
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Dust over the Arabian Sea |
| Description |
Dust blowing out of India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan mingled over the Arabian Sea on April 9, 2006. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite took this picture the same day. In this image, a beige plume of dust, shown near the left edge of the picture, pushes southward from Afghanistan, crossing over Pakistan toward the ocean. To the east, another dust plume over the border between India and Pakistan also heads toward the water. Two tendrils of dust merge over the water, just south of the coast. NASA imagery created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained courtesy of the Goddard Earth Sciences DAAC [ http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ]. |
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Dust Storm in Afghanistan an
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| Title |
Dust Storm in Afghanistan and Pakistan |
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Dust hung over the deserts of southern Afghanistan and western Pakistan on September 16, 2004. The Sea-viewing Wide Field of View Sensor (SeaWiFS [ http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html ]) captured this oblique view of the dust storm at 8:00 UTC, 1 p.m. in Karachi, Pakistan. To the right of the dust storm, a green ribbon of vegetation lines the Indus River as it runs down the length of Pakistan into the Arabian Sea. Image provided by the SeaWiFS [ http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html ] Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE |
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Dust Storm in Pakistan
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Dust Storm in Pakistan |
| Description |
Thick streamers of dust blew out of Pakistan on December 19, 2004. The dust storm appears to be originating near the base of the Chagai Hills near the border with Afghanistan and to the south in the hilly coastland between the Makran Coast Range and the Arabian Sea. This true-color image was acquired on December 19, 2004 by NASA?s Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite. The large image provided above has a resolution of 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response Team provides the image in additional resolutions. NASA image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC |
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Dust Storm over Afghanistan
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Dust Storm over Afghanistan and Pakistan |
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A white veil of dust had settled over the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea on October 8, 2004, when the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor aboard the OrbView-2 satellite captured this image. The dust is blowing out of the dried Hamoun Wetlands in the Sistan Basin straddling the Afghanistan/Iran border. Most of the dust is trapped in southwestern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan by the Central Makran Mountains, though some has escaped through river valleys and is blowing over the sea. The verdant green strip running down the right edge of the image is formed by the Indus River and the agricultural land it supports. NASA images courtesy the SeaWiFS Project [ http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html ], NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE [ http://www.orbimage.com/ ]. |
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Dust Storm over Southern Asi
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Dust Storm over Southern Asia |
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A new and massive dust storm (light brown) erupted out of the Sistan Basin straddling the border between Iran and Afghanistan on April 29, 2004. The dust blew southward and spread out over a wide area, covering most of southern Afghanistan and western Pakistan. (The borders between those countries are traced here in black.) The dust can be seen here extending well out over the Arabian Sea (bottom). For more than five millennia, the Sistan Basin served as a cradle for life in what was once a 2,000-square-km (800-square-mile) wetland ecosystem known as the Hamoun Wetlands. Fed mainly by the springtime meltwater running off the mountains to the north and coursing through the Helmand River, the Hamoun Wetlands were replenished every year so that for thousands of years the region was an abundant source of fish, game, and fresh water for farming. But with unprecedented population growth in the region throughout the 20th century, coupled with a relatively sudden and dramatic increase in irrigation off of the Helmand River, the Hamoun Wetlands have almost completely dried up within the last 5 years. What was once a lush ecosystem teeming with life has been replaced by a mostly lifeless salt pan. (For more details, please read From Wetland to Wasteland. [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/hamoun/ ]) The light, silty lakefloor is now vulnerable to the intense heat and strong winds often experienced in this region that, in recent years, have been generating some very impressive dust storms that appear to be increasing in both frequency and severity. This true-color image was captured on April 29, 2004, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov ] satellite. The high-resolution copy available here is 500 meters per pixel. Additional resolution [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2004120-0429/Pakistan.A2004120.0915 ] copies of this image are also available. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC |
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Dust over the Gulf of Oman a
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Dust plumes blew from Afghan
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arsea_tmo_2007266
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2007-09-23 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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arsea_tmo_2007266 |
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Floods in Pakistan: Natural
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
* eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/ima
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pakistan_tmo_2007183
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image |
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2007-07-02 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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pakistan_tmo_2007183 |
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Dust Over the Arabian Sea: I
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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A dust storm was blowing lar
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ArabianDust_OSE2003347
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2003-12-13 |
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NASA -- Image courtesy seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE |
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ArabianDust_OSE2003347 |
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Dust Storm over Southwestern
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Two days after forming over
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stan_amo_2008181
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2008-06-29 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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stan_amo_2008181 |
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Dust Storms over the Middle
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Although common during the s
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iran_tmo_2008052
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IMAGE |
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| date |
2008-02-21 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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iran_tmo_2008052 |
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Haze along the Himalaya Fron
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
This Moderate Resolution Ima
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aqua_nindia_01dec04
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2004-12-01 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
aqua_nindia_01dec04 |
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Dust in Afghanistan: Natural
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Across a wide portion of sou
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afghanistan_tmo_07apr05
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2005-04-08 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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afghanistan_tmo_07apr05 |
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Dust over the Arabian Sea: N
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
A number of jets of windblow
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ArabianSea_TMO2003122
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2003-05-02 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
ArabianSea_TMO2003122 |
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Dust Storm over Southern Asi
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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A new and massive dust storm
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Pakistan_AMO2004120
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2004-04-29 |
| creator |
NASA -- Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Pakistan_AMO2004120 |
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Dust Storm in Afghanistan an
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Dust hung over the deserts o
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Afghanistan_Sea_2004260
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IMAGE |
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| date |
2004-09-16 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Afghanistan_Sea_2004260 |
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Dust over Arabian Sea: Natur
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
A massive dust storm on Dece
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Pakistan.TMOA2003346
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2003-12-12 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Pakistan.TMOA2003346 |
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Dust over Arabian Sea: Natur
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
A massive dust storm on Dece
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Pakistan.TMOA2003346
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2003-12-12 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Pakistan.TMOA2003346 |
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Dust in the Indus Valley: Na
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
From the foothills of the Hi
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aqua_pakistan_23may04
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2004-05-23 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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aqua_pakistan_23may04 |
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Agricultural Fires in Northw
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
A tight cluster of red dots
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terra_windia_22oct04
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2004-10-22 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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terra_windia_22oct04 |
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Dust Storms over the Middle
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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Although common during the s
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ge_08500
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2008-02-21 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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ge_08500 |
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Dust Storm over Afghanistan
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
A white veil of dust had set
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Pakistan_SEA_2004282
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2004-10-08 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Pakistan_SEA_2004282 |
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Dust Storm over Afghanistan
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
On July 4, 2003, a dust stor
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Pakistan.AMOA2003185
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IMAGE |
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| date |
July 4, 2003 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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Pakistan.AMOA2003185 |
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Dust over the Arabian Sea: N
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Dust blowing out of India, P
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pakistan_amo_2006099
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2006-04-09 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
pakistan_amo_2006099 |
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Dust Storm in Pakistan: Natu
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Thick streamers of dust blew
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Pakistan_TMO_2004354
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2004-12-19 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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Pakistan_TMO_2004354 |
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Dust Storm in Pakistan: Natu
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Thick streamers of dust blew
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Pakistan_TMO_2004354
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2004-12-19 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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Pakistan_TMO_2004354 |
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Dust from Southwest Asia ove
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
On May 8, 2005, a veil of du
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ArabianSea.TMOA2005128
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IMAGE |
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| date |
2005-05-08 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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ArabianSea.TMOA2005128 |
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Dust from Southwest Asia ove
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
On May 8, 2005, a veil of du
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ArabianSea.TMOA2005128
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2005-05-08 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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ArabianSea.TMOA2005128 |
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