Tibetan Plateau: Seconds to Hell
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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.