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A Break in the Clouds for Europe

Europe stands out in satellite imagery as being one of the cloudiest continents—but not this week.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using data from the Level 1 and Atmospheres Active Distribution System (LAADS), the Land Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE), NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview, and VIIRS day-night band data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published March 2, 2019
Data acquired February 26 - 27, 2019

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
Suomi NPP > VIIRS
Terra > MODIS
Collection:
Earth at Night