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Smog Comparisons Over India, Nepal, and Tibet As Seen From Space

By Keith Cowing

Press Release

December 29, 2014

Filed under Asia, China, India, NASA, Nepal, Smog

Smog Comparisons Over India, Nepal, and Tibet As Seen From Space — Smog Over India, Nepal, and Tibet

NASA

True color image over northeastern India, Nepal and Tibet. Note the large amount of smog/pollution over India relative to Tibet, and how the mountains keep it all localized.

Keith Cowing

SpaceRef co-founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.

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