Blanket of Haze in the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Blanket of Haze in the Indo-Gangetic Plain

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This image shows a blanket of haze is common in the Indo-Gangetic Plain. The haze piles up along the Himalaya Mountains, forming a strip of white-gray that obscures the ground. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite captured this true-color image on Dec. 2, 2009.

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