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A huge dust storm blowing out of Saudi and Arabia and over the Persian Gulf on April 5, 2013..
A huge dust storm blowing out of Saudi and Arabia and over the Persian Gulf on April 5, 2013.. (Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory)

Behold a huge dust storm blowing off of Arabian Peninsula and over the Persian Gulf.

This natural-color image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite today (April 5), and featured by the NASA Earth Observatory.

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Douglas Main loves the weird and wonderful world of science, digging into amazing Planet Earth discoveries and wacky animal findings (from marsupials mating themselves to death to zombie worms to tear-drinking butterflies) for Live Science. Follow Doug on Google+.