A balloon offers a fresh eye on desert dust’s journey to the tropopause (IMAGE)

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A balloon offers a fresh eye on desert dust’s journey to the tropopause

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A nighttime balloon ascent over Golmud captured signs of desert dust, offering a rare glimpse of how far and how high dust can travel.

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Zhixuan Bai

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