See Chinese dust smoke from space

The toxic dust cloud covering China is so dense that it can be seen from space.

According to NBC News Agency, Terra satellite of the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) has just taken a picture of a dense cloud of smoke from Beijing to Shanghai last week. At that time, the PM2.5 air pollution index in these two cities far exceeded the danger threshold of 300.

Images taken from satellites show a cloud of dust covering China - (Photo: Space.com)

This is not the first time space satellites have captured images of air pollution in China. In October, NASA's Aqua satellite also captured a dense screen of dust covering Harbin City in Heilongjiang Province.

Recently, Chinese media reported that air pollution in the country was so severe that the aviation industry would force pilots who fly to Beijing airport to master the entire flight in range conditions. look low.

The goal is to reduce airlines' postponing or canceling flights due to dust and smoke.