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   July 10, 2022 - Massive Dust Storm in the Taklimakan   
      
      Massive Dust Storm in the Taklimakan   
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      A massive shroud of airborne dust covered the Taklamakan Desert in   
      early July 2022. Strong winds were moving dust across the desert—which   
      is one of the harshest, driest, and most barren places on   
      Earth—continuously since July 1. By July 7, when the Moderate   
      Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra   
      satellite acquired this true-color image, the dust was so thick that at   
      least 95 percent of the desert was obscured from view.   
      
      Located in Xinjiang province in western China, the Taklimakan Desert   
      sits in a depression formed by the tall Tien Shan Mountains to the   
      north and the Kunlun Mountains to the south. It is the largest desert   
      in China, and the largest shifting-sand desert in the world.   
      Eighty-five percent of the Taklimakan’s surface consists of   
      crescent-shaped dunes, some reaching a height of 200 meters (650 feet).   
      It is one of the main sources of dust-and-sand storms in China,   
      although, thanks to the encircling mountains, the dust usually remains   
      mostly confined within the Tarim Basin.   
      
      Dust storms are frequent across the Taklamakan Desert, with an average   
      of more than 100 sand-dust days each year across the entire basin. In   
      some areas, the average exceeds 200 days each year.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 7/7/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (6.6 MB),  500m (4.5 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=2022-07-10   
       
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