Dust and Pollution over China

There is a thick pall of haze (greyish pixels) over Eastern China, while there appears to be a new dust storm (brownish pixels) blowing out from the deserts of Mongolia on March 29, 2002. This true-color image of the region was acquired by the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA’s Terra spacecraft.

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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC

Published March 30, 2002
Data acquired March 29, 2002

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Terra > MODIS