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On December 26, 2016, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of clouds rolling over the Taklimakan Desert.

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English: On December 26, 2016, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of clouds rolling over the Taklimakan Desert. On the day this image was captured, a fine veil of dust lies over the Taklimakan Desert. A large bank of clouds hangs over the northeast section of the image while heavy caps the Tian Shan mountains. A long line of clouds stretches from southwest to northeast across the southern Desert. This configuration of cloud is suggestive of a frontal system, but it is not driving a sandstorm in front of it as is typical of low-level frontal systems.
Date Taken on 26 December 2016
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Clouds over the Taklimakan Desert, Western China (direct link)

This image or video was catalogued by Goddard Space Flight Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: 2017-01-06.

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Author Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
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