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Oil well fire in Iraq

Earth Science Division Editorial Team

Jan 21, 2018
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These images show the Hamrin Mountains in northern Iraq before and during an oil well fire. To the left of the thick, dark smoke in the 2017 image, an oil spill is visible flowing over valley agricultural land for about 7 miles (11 kilometers). 2014 image taken by Landsat 8; 2017 image taken by Sentinel-2A. Source: USGS Land Remote Sensing Image Collections.
These images show the Hamrin Mountains in northern Iraq before and during an oil well fire. To the left of the thick, dark smoke in the 2017 image, an oil spill is visible flowing over valley agricultural land for about 7 miles (11 kilometers). 2014 image taken by Landsat 8; 2017 image taken by Sentinel-2A. Source: USGS Land Remote Sensing Image Collections.

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Oil well fire in Iraq

June 18, 2014 - Sept. 29, 2017

These images show the Hamrin Mountains in northern Iraq before and during an oil well fire. To the left of the thick, dark smoke in the 2017 image, an oil spill is visible flowing over valley agricultural land for about 7 miles (11 kilometers). 2014 image taken by Landsat 8; 2017 image taken by Sentinel-2A. Source: USGS Land Remote Sensing Image Collections.

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