May 31, 2021 - Dust across Iran

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   A large blanket of dust rolled southward over eastern Iran on May 27,
   2021. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on
   board NASA’s Terra acquired a true-color image of the spectacular storm
   on that same day.

   A system moving from west to east across the Caspian Sea and along the
   border with Turkmenistan (north of the edge of the image) appears to be
   the source of the wind that kicked up dust for more than 550 miles (885
   km). In several areas, the dust is so thick that it obscures the land
   from view.

   Iran is mostly arid or semiarid, with deserts making up at least 25
   million hectares (100,000 square miles) of the country’s area. Dust
   storms are a common natural hazard. Sometimes called haboobs, dramatic
   dust storms like this one are often associated with weather fronts and
   may appear as walls of sand and dust marching across the landscape.
   Haboobs tend to be abrupt and short-lived.

   Image Facts
   Satellite:  Terra
   Date Acquired: 5/27/2021
   Resolutions:  1km (758.5 KB),  500m (1.9 MB),  250m (1 MB)
   Bands Used: 1,4,3
   Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



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