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Data acquired October 17, 2006 720 x 480 JPEG
Data acquired October 17, 2006 2277 x 2277 1 MB - JPEG
Data acquired October 17, 2006 7 MB - GeoTIFF
Data acquired October 6, 2011 720 x 480 JPEG
Data acquired October 6, 2011 2277 x 2277 1 MB - JPEG
Data acquired October 6, 2011 7 MB - GeoTIFF
Data acquired October 13, 2012 720 x 480 JPEG
Data acquired October 13, 2012 2277 x 2277 1 MB - JPEG
Data acquired October 13, 2012 8 MB - GeoTIFF
Data acquired 2006 - 2012 141 KB - KML/KMZ
Data acquired October 17, 2006 JPEG
An oasis along the ancient Silk Road has become a hub of solar power production in China. These images show the expansion of solar power facilities between 2006 and 2012.
NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using EO-1 ALI data provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 team. Caption by Adam Voiland.
Published February 1, 2013 Data acquired October 17, 2006