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Dust Cloud over Sea of Japan

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2024-04-14 12:00:00
April 14, 2002

Large plumes of dust continued to blow from East Asia across the Sea of Japan and out toward the open Pacific Ocean on April 14, 2002. This true-color scene was acquired by the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS).

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

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