Subj : MODIS Pic of the Day 11 March 2023
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From : Dan Richter
Date : Sat Mar 11 2023 11:00:10

March 11, 2023 - Dust in Mongolia and China

   Dust in Mongolia and China
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   A long-distance dust storm rose from the Gobi Desert in early March
   2023. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on
   board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of line of
   moving dust on March 10.

   The light tan dust stretched more than 1,000 km (620 miles) from west
   to east and rose from the arid desert regions near the border of
   Mongolia (north) and northern China (south). The plumes thin toward
   their southern edge, indicating that they are being carried by
   northerly winds.

   The Gobi Desert has a variety of landscapes, ranging from sand and bare
   rock to grassy steppe. It is one of the Earth’s most abundant sources
   of dust. Dust storms can be large, like this one, or small and may
   appear at any time of the year, but occur most frequently in March and
   April.

   Image Facts
   Satellite:  Terra
   Date Acquired: 3/10/2023
   Resolutions:  1km (1.6 MB),  500m (4.6 MB),  250m (3.1 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=2023-03-11
 
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