SeaWiFS: Asian Dust

The clouds are yellowed by dust (possibly from the Gobi desert) in this Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS) image of eastern Asia taken January 2, 2000.

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Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

Published January 2, 2001
Data acquired January 2, 2001

Source:

OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS

Topic:

Atmosphere > Aerosols > Dust/Ash