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Dust Storm over East Asia

March often brings an increase in dust storms to East Asia, and 2008 proved no exception. In early March 2008, the characteristic “yellow dust” from the Gobi Desert blew eastward over the Beijing region, the Yellow Sea, and North and South Korea.


NASA images courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response team. Caption by Michon Scott.

Published March 4, 2008
Data acquired March 1 - 2, 2008

Source:
Terra > MODIS