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Massive Dust Plume Emanates from China

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Feb 13, 2002
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2002-02-12 00:00:00
February 12, 2002

Considerable quantities of dust are visible inthis true-color Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) image of eastern Asia, acquired on Feb. 12, 2002. This view—looking obliquely towards the west—shows a large, brownish dust cloud crossing the Yellow Seaand passing south of the Korean Peninsula on itsway to southern Japan.

The air looks much clearer over snow-covered Russia and northern China (visible on the right in the full-resolution image).

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

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