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   July 10, 2023 - Dust in Southwestern Asia   
      
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      Plumes of dust spread across southwestern Asia in the last weeks of   
      June and the first week of July, 2023. The Moderate Resolution Imaging   
      Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a   
      true-color image of the widespread dust event on July 7.   
      
      On this day, most of the dust rose from dry lakebed sediments along the   
      border between Iran (west) and Afghanistan (center and north). Strong   
      winds sweep the airborne sediments across both Afghanistan and   
      Pakistan. In places the dust is so thick that it completely obscures   
      the land beneath from view. Dust from the sand seas over western   
      Pakistan likely join the dust storm.   
      
      Dust storms are the primary natural hazard in this region, and may   
      occur any time of the year. The unsettled summertime winds kept dust   
      aloft in southwestern Asia for at least two weeks, with skies   
      clearing—at least briefly—on July 9.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 7/7/2023   
      Resolutions:  1km (482 KB),  500m (1.2 MB),  250m (709.3 KB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2023-07-10   
       
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