
Tibetan Plateau: Seconds to Hell
by Aleksandra J. Heer, Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Flums, Switzerland
Dune/loess area in Qaidam Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau: Upcoming severe sand storm with torrential rain following within minutes. The tempest's coming can be seen left in the picture in form of the rather vertical dust moving swiftly towards the right in the picture.
Taken on 7
September
2008
Submitted on 26 February 2017
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