White-gray haze covers the Ganges Plain of northern India in this true-color image from December 2, 2009.
Atmosphere Dust and Haze
Acquired December 11, 2010, this natural-color image shows a haze along the southern face of the Himalaya.
Atmosphere Dust and Haze Human Presence
Acquired February 17, 2011, this natural-color image shows heavy haze over eastern China.
As is often the case in the winter, haze hovered over the Indo-Gangetic Plain in January 2016, darkening skies over northern India and Bangladesh.
Acquired in early December 2011, this natural-color image shows haze along the southern slopes of the Himalaya, continuing a weeks-long pattern.
The Sichuan Basin’s bowl-shaped topography helps trap air pollution.
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Haze, clouds, and fog mingled in China’s Sichuan Basin on December 24, 2014.
Thick haze hung over northern India and Bangladesh in January 2013. Over the past decade, large cities in India have seen some of the world's fastest-rising levels of air pollution.
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Thick haze hung over northern India in the latter part of October 2014.
Acquired January 20, 2011, this natural-color image shows haze over India and Bangladesh.
A dense plume of haze sweeps over the United Kingdom and the North Sea in this true-color image from April 22, 2011.
Dust and Haze
Acquired December 14, 2009, this true-color image of northern India and Bangladesh shows thick haze hugging the southern face of the Himalaya.
Air pollution is less common in southern China, but Guangdong province can still get pretty hazy.
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Pollution far exceeding World Health Organization standards blanketed the North China Plain in October 2014.
NASA’s Aura satellite observes nitrogen dioxide hovering over many cities in the region, trapped by winter weather conditions.
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