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High Clouds Over South America

Strong winds and the Andes Mountains clashed, resulting in a rare view of a bank of high cirrus clouds over South America.


NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Holli Riebeek with interpretation by Kerry Meyer.

Published November 3, 2013
Data acquired September 20, 2013

Source:
Terra > MODIS
Collection:
MODIS Rapid Response