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Pollution in Central China

In these images from late 2002 and early 2003, air pollution blankets a large region of central China. The pollution gets packed into valleys between mountain ranges and along rivers, and is so thick that in places it completely obscures the surface from the satellite’s view. These images were acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua and Terra satellites.


Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published November 29, 2002
Data acquired November 10 - 10, 2002

Source:
Terra > MODIS
Topics:
Atmosphere > Air Quality > Emissions
Atmosphere > Air Quality > Smog
Collections:
MODIS Rapid Response
Visible Earth