Dust storm in Tengger Desert, northcentral China

  • Credit

    Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

The peaks of the Helan Shan (shan=mountains) rise up to form a natural border to the eastern edge of the Tengger Shamo (shamo=desert) in northern China, a few hundred miles south of the border with Mongolia. In this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from May 12, 2003, a dust storm is creating a pale haze over the vegetation along the banks of the areas rivers and streams.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Aqua/MODIS

  • Visualization Date

    2003-06-02