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Reducing air pollution could increase the country's solar power potential.


NASA Earth Observatory images (first, second) by Joshua Stevens, using data from Li, Xiaoyuan, et al. (2017). NASA image (third) by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Story by Kasha Patel.

Published April 26, 2018
Data acquired 2003 - 2014

Sources:
Aqua > CERES
Suomi NPP > VIIRS
Collection:
Renewable and Alternative Energy