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NASA Earth Observatory Collection
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NASA Earth Observatory Collection
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Thick Smog over China
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Thick Smog over China
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Skies over China have darkened in the past five decades, thanks to a nine-fold increase fossil-fuel emissions. In January 2006, Yun Qian and collaborators reported this finding in Geophysical Research Letters. According to the Associated Press, Qian stated that pollution absorbs and reflects sunlight, allowing less of it to reach China’s urban areas. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) flying onboard the Aqua satellite captured this image on January 27, 2006. In this image, a thick plume of smog makes its way across the Yellow Sea towards Korea. To the east, cloud cover can be discerned by its bright white appearance, compared to the pollution’s dingy gray. NASA image courtesy MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center
Description
Skies over China have darkened in the past five decades, thanks to a nine-fold increase fossil-fuel emissions. In January 2006, Yun Qian and collaborators reported this finding in Geophysical Research Letters. According to the Associated Press, Qian stated that pollution absorbs and reflects sunlight, allowing less of it to reach China’s urban areas. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) flying onboard the Aqua satellite captured this image on January 27, 2006. In this image, a thick plume of smog makes its way across the Yellow Sea towards Korea. To the east, cloud cover can be discerned by its bright white appearance, compared to the pollution’s dingy gray. NASA image courtesy MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center Description
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Satellite - Sensor:
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Aqua- MODIS
Satellite_-_Sensor
Aqua- MODIS
Satellite - Sensor
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Aqua
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Aqua
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China
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China
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Korea
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Korea
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Yellow Sea
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Yellow Sea
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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January 2006
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January 2006
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January 27, 2006
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January 27, 2006
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2006
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2006
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UID:
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SPD-ETOBS-13333
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