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Dust storm in Taklimakan Desert, Western China

Vegetation growing along the paths of rivers in the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China are being obscured by a cloud of dust sweeping over the region in this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Aqua satellite on August 13, 2003.


Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published August 14, 2003
Data acquired August 14 - 14, 2003

Source:
Terra > MODIS
Topics:
Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Deserts
Biosphere > Terrestrial Habitat > Desert
Collection:
Visible Earth