Natural Hazards: Dust and Smoke: Haze along the Himalaya

Haze hugged the Himalaya in early October 2008. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of the haze on October 4, 2008. Dendritic patterns of white identify the snowcapped peaks of the Himalaya. Northeast of these mountains, skies are largely clear in southwestern China (Tibet) except for some clouds. Southwest of the mountains, however,... [read full story]