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   May 22, 2023 - Dust in China and Mongolia   
      
      Dust   
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      Dust blanketed the border between northwestern China and southern   
      Mongolia for more than a week in late May 2023. The Moderate Resolution   
      Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite   
      acquired a true-color image of the dust storm on May 19.   
      
      The dust primarily rises from the Gobi Desert, a large, cold area of   
      sparse grassland and sand that straddles the Mongolia-China border. A   
      long line of camel-colored dust stretches along the southern section of   
      the image. In some areas, the dust along this line is so thick that it   
      is impossible to view the land beneath. In the northeast (upper left),   
      a thinner veil of dust covers the landscape and appears to be moving   
      eastward. The nearby white cloud likely marks an unsettled system that   
      created winds that, at least in part, were responsible for gusty wind   
      that helped drive the dust storm.   
      
      The Gobi Desert ranks among the world’s most prolific dust-producing   
      regions. While dust storms can – and do – arise at any time of the   
      year, they are more frequent in springtime.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 5/19/2023   
      Resolutions:  1km (2 MB),  500m (5.1 MB),  250m (3.4 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=2023-05-22   
       
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