Images & Animations
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Credit
NASA image courtesy MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at Goddard Space Flight Center
Strong winds originating out of China's Mu Us Desert generated thick plumes of dust blowing eastward over and through passes in the Luliang Mountains on Dec. 6, 2004. The MODIS sensors aboard both the Terra and Aqua satellites captured timely images of the event.
Strong winds originating out of China’s Mu Us Desert sent thick plumes of dust billowing eastward over and through passes in the Luliang Mountains on December 6, 2004. The true-color image above was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite.
The MODIS instrument aboard Terra captured an image of this same event several hours earlier. The high resolution image available above is 500 meters per pixel. Copies of this scene are also available at additional resolutions.
Metadata
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Sensor
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Start Date
2004-12-06 -
Event Start Date
2004-12-06 -
NH Image ID
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NH Event ID
10549 -
NH Posting Date
2004-12-06
