File:Redsea sandstorm May13-2005.jpg

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العربية: حزامٌ كثيف من الرِّمال والغُبار يزحف عبر البحر الأحمر بين مصر والسعوديَّة بتاريخ 13 مايو 2005م.

English: A thick band of dust snaking across the Red Sea between Egypt and Saudi Arabia on May 13, 2005.

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current	20:37, 1 August 2005		5,600 × 4,400 (2.43 MB)	Pixeltoo	A thick band of dust was snaking across the Red Sea between Egypt and Saudi Arabia on May 13, 2005. *[http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16911 Nasa]

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