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العربية: حزامٌ كثيف من الرِّمال والغُبار يزحف عبر البحر الأحمر بين مصر والسعوديَّة بتاريخ 13 مايو 2005م.

English: A thick band of dust snaking across the Red Sea between Egypt and Saudi Arabia on May 13, 2005.

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