Persistent Dust Storms on the Southern Arabian Peninsula

From NASA's Earth Observatory:

Persistent Dust Storms on the Southern Arabian Peninsula

A low-pressure system energized strong northwest winds that carried dust from as far as northern Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait to the shores of the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea. Read more at http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=85370&src=fb

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