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A Snapshot of Particles in the Air

This map shows the global distribution of aerosols in August 2010, and the proportion of those aerosols that are large or small.


NASA map by Robert Simmon, based on MODIS data from NASA Earth Observations. Caption by Mike Carlowicz.

Published December 25, 2010
Data acquired August 1 - 31, 2010

Source:
Terra > MODIS