Massive Dust Storm Swirls in New Photo from Space

The Middle East is known to experience dust storms, but new satellite images captured dramatic aerial views of a dust storm that recently blanketed and rolled across Iran, Iraq and the Persian Gulf. The veil of dust first appeared in satellite photos along the Iraq-Syria border on Aug. 31, according to NASA, and by the next day, it took on a cyclonic shape, similar to a tropical storm. By Sept. 2, the dust cloud reached the Persian Gulf and began to spread out across the gulf's basin the followi