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Haze and Pollution over China

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Nov 04, 2003
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Haze and Pollution over China
November 3, 2003

A light grey haze hangs over much of Southeastern China and the Leizhou peninsula in this true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image taken by the Terra satellite on November 3, 2003. The high-resolution image provided above is at MODIS maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters per pixel.

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Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC

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