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Haze over China

Featureless gray-brown haze is so dense that much of eastern China is hidden in this photo-like image acquired on February 20, 2011. Reducing the emissions that cause such haze could cut global warming in half over the next 40 years.


NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published February 22, 2011
Data acquired February 20, 2011

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Terra > MODIS