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Particle Pollution in Eastern China

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Oct 08, 2004
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2004-10-08 00:00:00
October 8, 2004

Thick haze hung over the North China Plain on October 8, 2004. The densest haze has gathered at the foot of the Luliang Mountains in the north and is snaking west along the Wei River Valley. According to news reports, Beijing was plagued by a soupy mixture of fog and pollution, and this image supports the story. Beijing is located west of the Bo Hai (Sea) under the northernmost section of the haze. The Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor aboard the OrbView-2 satellite captured this image. On the right edge of the image, Typhoon Ma-on can be seen approaching Japan.

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

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