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   December 6, 2022 - Dust Shrouds the Taklamakan Desert   
      
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      On December 4, 2022, a massive dust storm obscured almost all of the   
      Taklimakan Desert from view as a thick layer of pale dust stretched   
      across not only the desert but the entirety of the Tarim Basin itself.   
      The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) acquired a   
      true-color image of the dust-laden skies over the Taklimakan on that   
      same day.   
      
      The Tarim Basin sits in western China and is enclosed on three sides by   
      three major mountain ranges, with a narrow opening in the east. Parched   
      by sitting in the rain shadow (an area devoid of rain) behind the tall   
      mountains, the Tarim Basin receives nor more than 10 mm (0.4 inches) of   
      rain per year. The Taklimakan Desert sits within the Tarim Basin and it   
      is one of the driest and most barren expanses found on Earth. The name   
      is said to mean “place of no return” in Turkish, due to the extreme   
      lack of water, high daytime temperatures, the presence of vast fields   
      of shifting sand dunes, and fierce dust storms that can destroy   
      property as well as sicken people and livestock. A detailed account of   
      a ferocious dust storm that destroyed a stagecoach was written on   
      bamboo strips in China’s Han Dynasty, dating to more than 2,000 years   
      ago, and still exists today. It is the earliest description of the   
      effects of the desert’s most frequent natural hazard.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 12/4/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (1.3 MB),  500m (3.7 MB),  250m (2.6 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=2022-12-06   
       
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