29 May 2012
Clean Coal In The Skies Over India
Posted by Dan Satterfield
Notice the smog over India with it's huge population burning coal and wood, while the otherside of the Himalayas in sparsley populated Tibet is clear. The highest mountains on Earth do a great job of blocking the smog. Click for a larger image.
This image from the new Suomi NPP satellite which has been sending back some amazing images…
Somehow I do not think I will see this image in those “Clean Coal” commercials on cable TV.
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.