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This National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) satellite image is called a Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). It shows numerous oil-well flares (the burning off of combustible gases associated with oil) in southern Iraq (center) as well as physical characteristics of the land.  Included in this photograph are the countries of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, and Iran.

 Marsh Arabs in a Mashoof

Name: Iraq_A2003060_0750_500m.jpg

Material: Digital photograph

Size: 2,000 × 2,600 pixels, file size: 1,012 KB

Place of Origin: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Satellite

Date: March 1, 2003

Location: NASA

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Wikimedia Commons
(accessed April 29, 2010)

Geoff Emberling

Former Chief Curator, Oriental Institute Museum of the University of Chicago