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This Way To A Large Well-head Fire
Kuwait (KW)
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pdunn
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kjfitz
@ 2005-10-23 00:03:32
More likely a gas flare-off.
romulusnr
@ 2006-01-11 12:58:49
This is the Ar-Rawdatayn Oil Field. Depending on when the sat was taken, it appears this field did have a major fire in late 2001 or early 2002:
http://solutions.synearth.net/2002/02/08
See photo of this field (south is up) taken by shuttle astronauts in 2001:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=STS039&roll=609&frame=59
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Nearby:
Oil Burning in Kuwait
Geographic Watermellon Rind
Irrigation Circle in the desert
Umm Qasr TV Mast (demolished)
Loch Ness monster holydays in Iraq
Geographic Brain Scan
Shipwreck
Oil and Water
Surrounded Boat
Shipwreck
Bubiyan Island (largest island in Kuwait)
Subiya Oil-Fired Power Plant Spewing Smoke
Resources - Oil
Resources - Oil 
http://solutions.synearth.net/2002/02/08
See photo of this field (south is up) taken by shuttle astronauts in 2001:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=STS039&roll=609&frame=59