Crazy. Video and more pictures here: http://thechive.com/2009... - Mona Nomura

Golly! - Kate Foy

unbelievable. OMG!! - karthick

no, please. - ::Kristen::

That looks unreal. - Tsega Dinka

ut oh, they inherited the curse and awakened the mummy, someone call Brendan Fraser! - Adam Turetzky

seen that in Texas a few times in my life, actually. not on the same scale, however, as it was usually "just" dust. - Joe Silence is not Santa

Crazy. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

Eerie. - Chris Lasher

I've got friends in Riyadh. Sandstorms are crazy there. Amazing how it's captured on photos. - Dee S.

Frightening! - Thierry R. Andriamirado

I've seen this in Phoenix too. Maybe not quite as big, but it sure felt like it when you're watching it come at you. A giant wall of dirt. - Fa La La La Lindsay

that is an incredible sight. Wow! - Anna Lynn M.

Grew up in Muscat, Oman. Have been in these massive sand storms a few times when my dad used to take me on his plant inspections in the dessert. [Edit] They are not as frightening as they look. - Kamath (नमः)

Kamath - it sure _looks_ horrifying, from the picture. Wow. - Rick Cogley

Looks painful! - Alison Robb Astair

I've been in Saudi sandstorms, but this is something else entirely... wow. - Michael W. May

crazy.. - yagami

We had a mini sandstorm while in Baghdad. It just looks strange. Not scary, just weird. - Michelle Martinez

Yikes. I might just never complain about an Israeli sharav again. - Miriam

creepy - Susan Beebe