Your Best Shoot of the year 2011 #1

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Kuwait Hit Monster Sandstorm

by ZaldzCayanan

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This was taken last March 25, 2011, Just being in the right place at the right time... It's been a 9 years since I work here in Kuwait, and this is the Biggest sandstorm that i've ever seen. after this shot , we experienced a 3 hours zero visibilty all over Kuwait.

Camera:	Canon EOS 60D
Lens:	canon 18-135
Submitted:	Thursday, 7th April, 2011 13:34 (GMT)
Taken:	Friday, 25th March, 2011
Focal length:	18 mm
Shutter speed:	1/50 sec
Aperture:	F4.5
ISO:	400
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Galleries:	View this photo in ZaldzCayanan's gallery

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Very impressive shot! Congratulations!

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thank you to Dpreview and to all your votes.
@jbl, yes this is a real and this is one of my unforgettable experienced. you can check my gallery and you will see my Behind the scene photo by Amie. : )

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I used to think the special effects in the 1999 movie The Mummy were laughably over the top. If this photo is real, I was wrong. Spectacular shot!

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