![Shamal Winds Drive Middle East Dust Storm](/3wzg0da/636.jpg)
Shamal Winds Drive Middle East Dust Storm
A fastmoving dust storm whipped across the Middle East between January 24 and 25, 2005. By January 25 (top), the plume of dust stretched hundreds of kilometers across Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, and the Persian Gulf (lower right corner). The pinkishtan dust softens and blurs the richer orange and tan color of the region's desert ...