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NASA Earth Observatory Collection
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NASA Earth Observatory Collection
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Dust Storm over the Gobi Desert
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Dust Storm over the Gobi Desert
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A dust storm, several hundred kilometers in diameter, moved through the Gobi Desert on May 30, 2006. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) flying onboard NASA’s Aqua satellite took this picture the same day. In this image, the pale beige dust swirls in a clockwise direction, around a hub of fluffy white clouds. In 2005, a Nature paper examined China’s changing environment. Partly exacerbated by human actions such as overgrazing and land degradation, dust storms began to increase in the 20th century. Between AD 300 and 1949, northwestern China saw a dust storm on average every 31 years. After 1990, the average jumped to one such storm per year. NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
Description
A dust storm, several hundred kilometers in diameter, moved through the Gobi Desert on May 30, 2006. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) flying onboard NASA’s Aqua satellite took this picture the same day. In this image, the pale beige dust swirls in a clockwise direction, around a hub of fluffy white clouds. In 2005, a Nature paper examined China’s changing environment. Partly exacerbated by human actions such as overgrazing and land degradation, dust storms began to increase in the 20th century. Between AD 300 and 1949, northwestern China saw a dust storm on average every 31 years. After 1990, the average jumped to one such storm per year. NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC Description
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Aqua- MODIS
Satellite_-_Sensor
Aqua- MODIS
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Aqua
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Aqua
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China
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China
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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20th century
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20th century
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2005
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2005
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May 30, 2006
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May 30, 2006
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2005
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2005
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2006
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2006
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UID:
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SPD-ETOBS-13611
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