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Model simulations track the movement of black soot pollution over the Tibetan Plateau from August–November 2009. This image shows haze on September 26, 2009.


NASA image by Gregory Shirah, Goddard Scientific Visualization Studio, based on model simulations from the Goddard Earth Observing System Model, Version 5 (GEOS-5). Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.

Published December 15, 2009
Data acquired September 26, 2009

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