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Dust Above the Gobi Desert

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Mar 23, 2017
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March 23, 2017

On March 23, 2017, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image of dust blowing across the Gobi Desert in north-central China. The area sees frequent dust storms in March and April.

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NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Caption by Pola Lem.

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