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Earth from Space: Persian Gulf sandstorm
 
11 July 2008

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Persian Gulf sandstorm
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Envisat captures sand and dust blowing northeast from the Arabian Peninsula across the Persian Gulf toward Iran (visible at image top). This image was acquired on 1 July 2008 by Envisat’s Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) instrument while working in Full Resolution mode to provide a spatial resolution of 1.2 km.

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