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Dust Storm in the Taklimakan Desert

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Image captured on 6 April 2018, by the MODIS instrument, aboard the Aqua satellite.

Dust Storm in the Taklimakan Desert, Western China on 6 April 2018 (MODIS/Aqua)

Image of a Dust storm in the Taklimakan Desert in western China, acquired on 6 April 2018. The photo-like, true color corrected reflectance image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the Aqua satellite.

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