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Image showing dust on snow throughout the Rocky Mountains

By Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center
Image showing dust on snow throughout the Rocky Mountains, especially in the San Juan Mountains
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Image showing dust on snow throughout the Rocky Mountains, especially in the San Juan Mountains. This image shows conditions after the dust layers that were deposited over the WY2009 dust season have merged together due to snow melt. The dust in this image includes the dust emitted from the southern Colorado Plateau shown in the other MODIS image. This MODIS image is from May 18, 2009.

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