NASA Photo ID: STS048-605-030      File Name: 10065077.jpg
  Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 09/18/91
  Title: Kuwait Oil Fires, Kuwait
  Description:
  The number of oil well fires from the Kuwait Oil Fields (29.5N, 48.0E) set 
  afire by the retreating Iraqi Army during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, has
  been  measurably diminished since the last observation although the smoke
  plumes  were still intact as far south as Qatar.  Most of the remaining
  approximately  300 oil fires are in the two largest fields: Sibirayah,
  north of Kuwait Bay  and the larger Magwas-Burgan-Al Ahmadi field south of
  Kuwait City.                  
  Subject terms:
  AIR POLLUTION                           
  CITIES                                  
  DESERTS                                 
  EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
  FIRES                                   
  KUWAIT                                  
  OCEANS                                  
  OIL FIELDS                              
  SMOKE                                   
  STS-48                                  
  WATER POLLUTION
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