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Cloudy Earth

Data collected by a sensor on the Aqua satellite reveals the global distribution of clouds.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Jesse Allen and Kevin Ward, using data provided by the MODIS Atmosphere Science Team, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Caption by Adam Voiland, with information from Steve Platnick and Tom Arnold.

Published May 8, 2015
Data acquired July 2002 - April 2015

Source:
Aqua > MODIS