Nighttime Waves Over the South Atlantic

A layer of marine stratocumulus clouds off the west coast of Africa displayed some particularly complex wave patterns.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Nighttime Waves Over the South Atlantic.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using VIIRS day-night band data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published May 16, 2020
Data acquired May 10, 2020