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Data acquired April 17 - 17, 2003 1450 x 1100 321 KB - JPEG
Data acquired April 17 - 17, 2003 2900 x 2200 1022 KB Bytes - JPEG
Data acquired April 17 - 17, 2003 5800 x 4400 3 MB - JPEG
At the northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, a dust storm was brewing over the Taklimakan Desert (center) in April 2003. Ringed by the Kunlun Mountains to the south and the Tien Shan Mountains to the north, the dust storm was confined to the desert basin in this series of true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) images.
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Published April 18, 2003 Data acquired April 17 - 17, 2003