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A Xinjiang Dust Storm

Spring is peak season for dust in the Taklamakan desert in western China.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS). Story by Adam Voiland.

Published March 9, 2022
Data acquired March 7, 2022

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NOAA-20 > VIIRS