Winter Blast of Dust in the Middle East

Dust clouded the sky in the Tigris–Euphrates basin in December 2024, degrading air quality and snarling travel in the region.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Winter Blast of Dust in the Middle East.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Michala Garrison, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Story by Lindsey Doermann.

Published December 19, 2024
Data acquired December 14, 2024