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Dust Storm in Afghanistan and Pakistan

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Sep 16, 2004
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2004-09-16 00:00:00
September 16, 2004

Dust hung over the deserts of southern Afghanistan and western Pakistan on September 16, 2004. The Sea-viewing Wide Field of View Sensor (SeaWiFS) 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.

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Image provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

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