Dust Cloud over Sea of Japan

March 22 12:00:00, 2002

Desert dust continued blowing out from mainland China on March 22, 2002, across the Korean peninsula and Japan before heading out over the open Pacific Ocean. This true-color Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) image shows the region affected. The dust appears to be flying lower than the clouds in this scene.

Image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE