Haze and Pollution over China

This MODIS image shows a widespread pall of gray haze and pollution across much of the landscape and spreading eastward over the Pacific.

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.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS

  • Start Date

    2003-11-03

  • Event Start Date

    2003-10-22

  • NH Image ID

    11821

  • NH Event ID

    10190

  • NH Posting Date

    2003-11-04