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A river of dust stretched hundreds of kilometers over China on April 28, 2005. The dust storm originated in the Gobi Desert near the border with Mongolia. Blown by powerful winds from Mongolia, the dust crossed the Luliang Mountains, the peaks of which divide the tan cloud that filled the lower valleys, and blanketed the North China Plain, a highly populated region where several large cities, including Beijing, are located. This image of the storm was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)on NASA’s Terra satellite on the morning of April 28. Such dust storms occur frequently in the spring when winds blow out of the north.
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Published April 28, 2005 Data acquired April 28, 2005