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Ocean Clouds Meet Peru
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Published May 31, 2014
Low, moist ocean clouds outline South American country’s coastal desert.
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Ship Wave Clouds Behind the Crozet Islands
Published April 20, 2014
Cloud shapes reveal the fluid-like nature of the atmosphere.
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Cloud Swirls and Ripples, Guadalupe Island
Published September 9, 2013
Clouds trace out atmospheric eddies and vortices near Baja, California.
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Sunrise over the Aleutian Islands, with Noctilucent Clouds
Published August 20, 2013
Some astronauts say these wispy, iridescent clouds are the most beautiful phenomena they see from orbit.
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A Swirl of Clouds over the Pacific
Published August 19, 2013
The Aqua satellite captured this image of von Kármán vortices downwind of Isla Socorro.
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Gravity Waves and Sunglint, Lake Superior
Published July 22, 2013
This astronaut view of blending air masses, wind fields, and light reflections is a combination of beauty and of insight about the environment.
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New Landsat Finds Clouds Hiding in Plain Sight
Published May 24, 2013
One of LDCM’s sensors can detect faint cirrus clouds that can slightly alter a scene.
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Moonlit Tropical Depression Isaac
Published August 31, 2012
This nighttime satellite image shows Tropical Depression Isaac as it moved from the Gulf Coast towards the central United States.
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Phytoplankton bloom in the North Sea and the Skagerrak
Published June 30, 2003
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Contrail Web over the Central Rhône Valley, Eastern France
Published August 18, 2002
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Pollution Tracks
Published August 7, 2000
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MODIS Views Variation in Cloud Types
Published May 4, 2000
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