By Deborah Byrd in
Blogs | Earth on Apr 30, 2012

View from space: Dust storm in Gobi Desert

Dust from space. Image Credit: NASA

Dust from the Gobi Desert blew over eastern China on April 27, 2012. See the satellite image.

On April 27, 2012, NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of dust blowing out of the Gobi Desert. The dust spread over eastern China that day.

NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE MODIS Rapid Response. Image acquired April 27, 2012 with NASA's Aqua satellite.

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Deborah Byrd is Founder and President of EarthSky, which she created in 1991. EarthSky is a digital publisher that brings science and nature to millions of people around the world. Byrd has won a galaxy of awards from the broadcasting and science communities, including having an asteroid named 3505 Byrd in her honor. Besides blogging, Byrd is Editor-in-Chief of all EarthSky websites and social media outlets, and she oversees EarthSky’s science podcast series in English and Spanish. A science communicator and educator for 35 years, Byrd believes in science as a force for good in the world and as a vital tool for the 21st century. Astrophysics, the night sky and imagining space travel remain among her most enduring lifelong passions.