Haze over China
NASA satellite image of eastern Asia shows a dense blanket of polluted air over central eastern China — dense enough that the coastline around Shanghai virtually disappears. The 'Asian Brown Cloud' is a toxic mix of ash, acids and airborne particles from car and factory emissions, as well as from low-tech polluters like wood-burning stoves.
Push-in to Shanghai, China.
Close-up of the haze over China, with Shanghai on the right side of the image.
View of Asia, with the SeaWiFS inset image showing the haze over China.
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye, Scientific Visualization Studio. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye (NOTE: In January 2013, DigitalGlobe and GeoEye combined to become DigitalGlobe).
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Animator
- Joycelyn Thomson (NASA/GSFC)
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Scientist
- Gene Feldman (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Friday, January 10, 2003.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.
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[SeaStar: SeaWiFS]
ID: 100NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye
Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye, Scientific Visualization Studio. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye (NOTE: In January 2013, DigitalGlobe and GeoEye combined to become one DigitalGlobe.).
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