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Haze and Pollution over China

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2003-10-22 00:00:00
October 22, 2003

A widespread pall of grayish haze and pollution obscures the landscape over much of eastern China in this true-color image acquired by the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) on October 22, 2003. The aerosol pollution can be seen blowing eastward over the Pacific Ocean.

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Image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

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