Massive Dust Plume Emanates from China - related image preview

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Massive Dust Plume Emanates from China

Considerable quantities of dust are visible in this true-color Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) image of eastern Asia, acquired on Feb. 12, 2002. This view—looking obliquely towards the west—shows a large, brownish dust cloud crossing the Yellow Sea and passing south of the Korean Peninsula on its way to southern Japan.

The air looks much clearer over snow-covered Russia and northern China (visible on the right in the full-resolution image).


SeaWiFS image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

Published February 13, 2002
Data acquired February 12, 2002

Source:
OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS