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A Wintery Tongue of Sediment

A big plume that emerges off of China’s Jiangsu province each winter is caused by tides stirring up offshore mud deposits.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using data from the Level 1 and Atmospheres Active Distribution System (LAADS). Story by Adam Voiland, with information from Zhifa Luo (East China Normal University).

Published November 28, 2017
Data acquired November 9, 2017

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