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Letter A: Ship Tracks Above the Pacific Ocean

The letter A appears to take shape from the abundant aerosols in Earth’s atmosphere.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using data from the Level 1 and Atmospheres Active Distribution System (LAADS). Caption by Kathryn Hansen and Adam Voiland.

Published December 27, 2015
Data acquired July 27, 2015

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Aqua > MODIS