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Sichuan’s Smoggy Basin

The waters of an ancient lake once pooled in this basin in southwestern China. Now haze and air pollution do the same.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published February 2, 2023
Data acquired January 31, 2023

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
Terra > MODIS
Collection:
Air Quality