[酷图] 中国上空的浓烟

中国上空的浓烟

Heavy Smoke over China

                               
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There was a thick layer of smog (grayish pixels) over central portions of China on July 11, 2002, while a thick pall of smoke from dozens of fires (red pixels) in the east obscured the Chinese coastline. There also appears to be heavy sediment (tan-colored water) being carried by the Yangtze River into the East China Sea at lower right probably the result of heavy rains and high water levels farther inland.

According to a recent report from the United Nations Environment Program, a vast blanket of pollution being called the "Asian Brown Haze" stretches across South Asia on a regular basis. This mixture of emissions from biomass burning, industrial activities, and inefficient use of wood and dung as home heating and cooking sources is reducing agricultural yields, altering rainfall patterns and endangering the health and well-being of hundreds of thousands of people.

Over 200 scientists participated in the study, which drew on data from an international field experiment called the Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX), as well as satellite data and computer modelling. For more information, visit the United Nations Environment Program website.

This true-color image was acquired on July 11 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, flying aboard NASA’s Terra satellite. Please note that the high-resolution scene provided here is 500 meters per pixel. For a copy of the scene at the sensor's fullest resolution, visit the MODIS Rapid Response Image Gallery.

我们这就这样，有一个文化大革命时期亚洲最大的发电厂，那烟囱，真厉害，烟就象三只巨龙。流星雨没看上和它们有直接原因

笼罩在中国上空的浓烟
森林里译

                               
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   图片中心部分显示的是2002年7月11日笼罩在中国上空的一层厚厚的浓烟（浅灰色部分）。在东部，多个着火点（红色部分）造成的烟幕遮蔽了整个的海岸线。在图片的右下方，我们可以看到由扬子江带入东中国海的大量沉积物（棕褐色的水域），这可能是上游内陆的强降水带来的高水位造成的。
   据最近联合国环境计划署发布的报告称，这种大面积的污染现象被称为是“亚洲棕色薄雾”，它通常有规律地穿越整个南亚大陆。这种烟雾是由一定范围内焚烧生物、工业活动，和家庭中烧火做饭的柴火不完全燃烧以及粪的利用不充分的产物混合而成的。这种污染能够改变降水的规律，并且对成千上万人的健康和幸福构成了威胁。
   超过200位的科学家已经投入了对此现象的研究，他们从一项名为“印度洋实验（INDOEX）”的国际间合作实验计划和卫星探测以及计算机模型中提取所需数据。要获得进一步了解，请访问联合国环境计划署网站。
   上面这张真色图片是在7月11日由装在美国宇航局Terra卫星上的“中解析度成像分光辐射计（MODIS）”获得的。在这张高分辨率图片上每一个像素等于500米。如要获得完全分辨率的图片，请访问MODIS的“最新图片画廊”。


转自<a href='http://www.starfan.org/'>星空之友</a href>

环保部门真该注意了

现将上面译文中的“扬子江”改为“长江”（江苏省扬州、镇江附近及以下江段，因古有扬子津渡口，得名扬子江。），多谢Fexii提醒。

可能吗？我认为是夸大其词！

哪里来的鬼烟？青藏高原上都有？？