1/26: China's pollution problem

Undertoad · 01-26-2002, 01:12 PM

From a great collection of images called <a href="http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/">NASA's Visible Earth</a> comes this shot of the smog problem in eastern China - so dense that it's nearly opaque. I wonder what this looks like from the other side? There are parts of the country that are completely hidden.

Count Zero · 01-26-2002, 07:14 PM

Most of the map is covered with dense clouds.

Just because light doesn't come through doesn't mean it doesn't go through.

blase · 01-27-2002, 12:36 PM

Is it really smog? If so then wow!

I remember reading something a while ago about gigantic dust storms that start in Mongolia and can blow all the way to the California coast. Wherever I read that even included a picture that looked a lot like that one.

Nic Name · 01-27-2002, 12:55 PM

Mongolian dust storms

01-26-2002, 01:12 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	1/26: China's pollution problem From a great collection of images called <a href="http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/">NASA's Visible Earth</a> comes this shot of the smog problem in eastern China - so dense that it's nearly opaque. I wonder what this looks like from the other side? There are parts of the country that are completely hidden.

01-26-2002, 07:14 PM	#2
Count Zero Colloquialist Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 75	Most of the map is covered with dense clouds. Just because light doesn't come through doesn't mean it doesn't go through.

01-27-2002, 12:36 PM	#3
blase Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 91	Is it really smog? If so then wow! I remember reading something a while ago about gigantic dust storms that start in Mongolia and can blow all the way to the California coast. Wherever I read that even included a picture that looked a lot like that one.

01-27-2002, 12:55 PM	#4
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	Mongolian dust storms

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