English: Satellite photo of the Sichuan Basin — in Sichuan Province, north-central China.
Showing two different kinds of aerosols (particles suspended in the atmosphere). At top right is dust from the Gobi Desert (out of the scene at upper left); and below that is pollution from the urban and industrial centers of the Sichuan Basin in Sichuan.
Dates: Datastart 2002-04-14 - Visualization Date 2002-04-23
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This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from April 14, 2002, shows two different kinds of aerosols (particles suspended in the atmosphere). At top right is dust from the Gobi Desert (out of the scene at upper left), and below that is pollution from the urban and industrial centers of the Sichuan Basin of Sichuan, central China.