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Storm Turns the Taklimakan Desert White

An unusual layer of snow covered sand dunes in China after a winter storm passed through the area in late-December.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Storm Turns the Taklimakan Desert White.

NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE MODIS Rapid Response. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published January 3, 2013
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