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Collection:
NASA Earth Observatory Collection
Title:
Dust Storm over East China
Description:
Strong winds originating out of China?s Mu Us Desert sent thick plumes of dust billowing eastward over and through passes in the Luliang Mountains on December 6, 2004. The true-color image above was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA?s Aqua satellite.

The MODIS instrument aboard Terra captured an image of this same event several hours earlier. The high resolution image available above is 500 meters per pixel. Copies of this scene are also available at additional resolutions.

NASA image courtesy MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at Goddard Space Flight Center
Satellite - Sensor:
Aqua- MODIS
facet_what:
Terra
facet_what:
Aqua
facet_where:
China
facet_where:
Beijing
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
December 6, 2004
facet_when_year:
2004
UID:
SPD-ETOBS-12608
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Dust Storm over East China