This cloud-free picture is centered on the city of Baghdad, Iraq. The color of the Tigris river flowing through the city indicates the heavily sediment laden waters of the river. Agricultural land uses are evident in the surrounding areas of the city.
	Picture of Baghdad, Iraq as seen from space.
	View northwestward of a small part of southeastern Iraq. The city of Basra can be seen in the lower left corner, and the former junction of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in the upper right. The streams have been channelized, in part to dewater and burn an extensive marsh.
	Taken From STS-037: Smoke from the Kuwait Oil Fires obscures the view of the desert wadis, Saudi Arabia (29.5N, 42.5E). During the brief Gulf war between Iraq and the Allied forces, many of the oil wells in Kuwait were destroyed and set afire. For several months, those fires burned out of control, spewing smoke and ash for hundreds of miles in many directions depending on the altitude, time of year and the prevailing winds.
	Euphrates River and Basra as seen from space.
	Taken from STS43: This view up the Persian Gulf from the Qatar Peninsula into southern Iraq (25.5N, 51.0E) shows an excursion of the smoke plumes from the Kuwait oil fires set during the short Persian Gulf War. Smoke from the fires north of Kuwait City, extends across the Persian Gulf while a larger smoke plume from the southern fires heads into southern Saudi Arabia before beginning to spread out and become more diffuse.
	Tigris River as seen from space.
Video	NASA Video Showing Views of Iraq, Iran, and the Caspian Sea.

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