Aerosol_pollution_over_Northern_India,_Bangladesh,_and_Bay_of_Bengal.jpg

Summary

Description	English: Poor air quality persists over India (left) Bangladesh (center) and Myanmar (right). This image from January 14, 2002, shows a thick blanket of pollution butting up against the Himalayas (arcing across the top of the image) and stretching out into the Bay of Bengal (bottom). Tan-colored sediment fills the Bay through the Mouths of the Ganges River (image center). North of the Himalayas, the skies are clear over the Tibetan Plateau.
Date	14 January 2002
Source	Aerosol pollution over Northern India, Bangladesh, and Bay of Bengal
Author	Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

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