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Vegetation growing along the paths of rivers in the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China are being obscured by a cloud of dust sweeping over the region in this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Terra satellite on August 14, 2003.
Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
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