Sandstorm Turns Daytime Into Martian Gloom in South Iraq
  • 6 years ago
A severe sandstorm struck al-Muthanna province in southern Iraq on Friday, May 11, engulfing the landscape in a red dust.Footage here was taken by Ahmad Qasem, a resident of Samawah, a town in south Iraq.The video shows the impact of the red sand, darkening the skies at around midday. Credit: Ahmad Qasem via Storyful