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A Taklimakan Dust Storm

The largest desert in China experiences frequent dust storms as lakes dry, leaving loose, fine mineral soil that lifts easily on the wind.


NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published February 6, 2014
Data acquired February 1, 2014

Source:
Aqua > MODIS
Collection:
MODIS Rapid Response