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Storm Turns the Taklimakan Desert White

An unusual layer of snow covered sand dunes in China after a winter storm passed through the area in late-December.


NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE MODIS Rapid Response. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published January 3, 2013
Data acquired January 2, 2013

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