Amazing images of Iraq sandstorm.

US marine corps photographer, Gunnery Sergeant Shannon Aldredge took these images.

BBC Link

Sanc'.

Wow!

Those are just jaw droppingly awsome!! Real end-of-the-world stuff.

Excellent post Sanctum.

Jack

[edit on 28/4/05 by JAK]

Dam that is amazing, although it makes me glad im not living there evan more

Looks like something out of a 'end of the world' type senario, great find

I have received some more pictures on this storm. Email states it hit on the 26th of April. There is also a pic of after the storm hit. The email says 1 minute afterwards and it's pitch dark.

I'll upload them later and link to them.

Question: how much confidence could you muster to jump in a jet fighter after this thing blew through? Can some one say - major clean up???

Email says these were taken at Al Asad Air Base.

Val', thanks for those images.
For me, it just reinforces the power of nature.

Sanc'.

Totally awesome...never seen anything like that....but im covering my sand pit in the garden up just in case it gets breezy tonight!

great find!

Amazing Pics!!!

If I had never seen such a thing, I might have thought the end of the world was near, I wonder what the local reaction to this rare storm was?

Thats some pretty scary stuff!! You never see those in Los Angeles!!

it loosk like something out of the mummy