Acquired November 9, 2012, this natural-color image shows a dust storm over western China.
Published Nov 9, 2012
Acquired October 23, 2012, this image shows a broad band of fresh snow across northeastern China.
Published Oct 23, 2012
Spring melting of snow and ice in the Tien Shan offers an essential source of fresh water in an otherwise dry region.
Published Mar 31, 2019
South of snow-capped mountain peaks, dust plumes obscured the Taklimakan Desert on April 17, 2009.
Published Apr 17, 2009
Acquired March 12, 2011, this natural-color image shows dust plumes blowing from the west margin of the Taklimakan Desert.
Published Mar 14, 2011
Acquired September 5, 2010, these natural-color images a wide-area and close-up view of a dust storm in the Taklimakan Desert.
Published Sep 8, 2010
Dust storms continued in the Taklimakan Desert in western China through early April 2012.
Published Apr 5, 2012
A covering of snow over the North China Plain on November 17, 2009, highlights towns and roads that would otherwise blend in to the landscape.
Published Nov 18, 2009
Acquired March 22, 2012, this natural-color image shows a dust storm in China’s Taklimakan Desert.
Published Mar 27, 2012
On May 10, 2007, a dust storm covered most of the Taklimakan Desert in western China. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured an image of the storm at 05:50 UTC. The storm had intensified by the time the MODIS sensor on NASA’s Aqua satellite took another picture at 07:30 UTC.
Published May 10, 2007
