Pollutant Drops in Wuhan (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Pollutant Drops in Wuhan

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Above image: Nitrogen dioxide levels often dip during Lunar New Year celebrations in China and much of Asia, and then rebound. But no rebound was evident this year over Wuhan, China where the virus was first reported, and nitrogen dioxide levels remained much lower than in 2019. More: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/146362/airborne-nitrogen-dioxide-plummets-over-china

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