October 11, 2021 - Dust in the Taklimakan Desert

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On October 5, 2021, dust stretched more than 790 miles (1,273 km) to
cover the entire Taklimakan Desert. The camel-colored dust was thickest
in the west, where it was thick enough to completely obscure the
satellite sensor’s view of the desert floor. The Moderate Resolution
Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a
true-color image of the scene on that same day.

The Taklimakan Desert sits in the Tarim Basin between the Tien Shan
Mountains in the north, and Kunlun Mountains in the south. The
Taklimakan is the largest desert in China, and the largest
shifting-sand desert in the world, providing ample material for dust
storms. Because the desert lacks drainage, it has collected large
quantities of salt left behind by evaporating water.

Image Facts
Satellite: Aqua
Date Acquired: 10/5/2021
Resolutions: 1km (1.3 MB), 500m (3.6 MB), 250m (2.5 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2021-10-11

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