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English: A massive dust storm cloud ( haboob) is close to enveloping a military camp as it rolls over Al Asad, Iraq, just before nightfall on April 27, 2005. DoD photo by Corporal Alicia M. Garcia, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)
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27 April 2005 |
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US Defense website http://www.defenselink.mil/photos/newsphoto.aspx?newsphotoid=6469, Alternate source: U.S. Navy NewsStand Photo ID 050427-M-5607G-001 |
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Corporal Alicia M. Garcia, U.S. Marine Corps. |
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