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 April 29, 2011, this natural-color image shows thick dust over the Taklimakan Desert.
Published May 2, 2011
Acquired April 5, 2011, this natural-color image shows dust and clouds swirling over the Taklimakan Desert.
Published Apr 7, 2011
This true-color image shows a fuzzy semi-oval of dust fringing the southwestern rim of the Taklimakan Desert on July 18, 2009.
Published Jul 20, 2009
Acquired October 22, 2010, this natural-color image shows dust over the eastern half of the Taklimakan Desert.
Published Oct 22, 2010
A thin veil of dust covers the western portion Taklimakan Desert while clouds predominate over the eastern half in this image from June 9, 2009.
Published Jun 9, 2009
South of snow-capped mountain peaks, dust plumes obscured the Taklimakan Desert on April 17, 2009.
Published Apr 17, 2009
Acquired August 15, 2009, this true-color image shows thick dust plumes over the western half of the Taklimakan Desert. The dust not only hides the Tarim Basin from the satellite sensor, but pushes past the northwestern rim of the basin.
Published Aug 17, 2009
Acquired March 22, 2012, this natural-color image shows a dust storm in China’s Taklimakan Desert.
Published Mar 27, 2012
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
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