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Dust Storm in the Taklimakan Desert
Image captured on 6 April 2018, by the MODIS instrument, aboard the Aqua satellite.
Image of a Dust storm in the Taklimakan Desert in western China, acquired on 6 April 2018. The photo-like, true color corrected reflectance image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the Aqua satellite.
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