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Dust storm in Taklimakan

Ringed by the Kunlun Mountains to the south and the Tien Shan Mountains to the north, a dust storm over the Taklimakan Desert is confined to the desert basin in this true-color Aqua MODIS image from April 18, 2003.


NASA Earth Observatory image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.

Published April 21, 2003
Data acquired April 18, 2003

Source:
Aqua > MODIS