Acquired April 24, 2012, this image shows a continuing dust storm in the Taklimakan Desert of western China.
Published Apr 24, 2012
Dust ringed the Taklimakan Desert of northwestern China when this true-color satellite image was taken on April 25, 2010.
Published Apr 29, 2010
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
