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A Curtain of Dust Over the Tarim Basin

In a seasonal spectacle, a spring dust storm swept through the dry, barren basin in western China.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview and Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published April 4, 2025
Data acquired March 27, 2025

Sources:
Landsat 8 > OLI
Terra > MODIS