NASA MODIS Image of the Day: May 17, 2011 – Dust storm over the Yellow Sea
NASA MODIS Image of the Day: May 17, 2011 - Dust storm over the Yellow Sea
Dust from the Gobi Desert blew across China to the Yellow Sea in late April and early May 2011.
On May 1, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image.
Skies are clear in China found in the upper left corner of the image, and along the western shore of Bo Hai the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea. But farther out to sea the dust is thick enough to hide the water from view. Over the Korean Peninsula, near the right center of the image, dust mingles with clouds, giving them a faint camel-colored hue. In the south, along China’s eastern coast, shades of tan likely result not from dust but from sediment in the ocean.
