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   March 11, 2023 - Dust in Mongolia and China   
      
      Dust in Mongolia and China   
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      A long-distance dust storm rose from the Gobi Desert in early March   
      2023. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on   
      board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of line of   
      moving dust on March 10.   
      
      The light tan dust stretched more than 1,000 km (620 miles) from west   
      to east and rose from the arid desert regions near the border of   
      Mongolia (north) and northern China (south). The plumes thin toward   
      their southern edge, indicating that they are being carried by   
      northerly winds.   
      
      The Gobi Desert has a variety of landscapes, ranging from sand and bare   
      rock to grassy steppe. It is one of the Earth’s most abundant sources   
      of dust. Dust storms can be large, like this one, or small and may   
      appear at any time of the year, but occur most frequently in March and   
      April.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 3/10/2023   
      Resolutions:  1km (1.6 MB),  500m (4.6 MB),  250m (3.1 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=2023-03-11   
       
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