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Collection:
NASA Earth Observatory Collection
Title:
Smog Obscures Chinese Coast
Description:
A thick shroud of haze lingers over China, turning the sky an opaque grey over much of the eastern portion of the country. Beijing, China?s capital city, is situated roughly 150 km (93 miles) west of Bo Hai Bay, just north of what appears to the densest portion of the aerosol pollution in this true-color scene. The heavy aerosol concentrations can be seen blowing eastward across the Bo Hai Bay and Yellow Sea.

These data were collected on March 12, 2002, by the Mod erate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA?s Ter ra satellite.

Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MOD IS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
Satellite - Sensor:
Terra- MODIS
facet_what:
Terra
facet_where:
China
facet_where:
Beijing
facet_where:
Yellow Sea
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
March 12, 2002
facet_when_year:
2002
UID:
SPD-ETOBS-2126
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Smog Obscures Chinese Coast