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Cloudy Ridges in Yunnan

Parallel ridges in the Chinese province forced moist air up enough to create these distinctive lines of clouds.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview, and topographic data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). Story by Adam Voiland.

Published January 27, 2021
Data acquired January 6, 2021

Sources:
Space Shuttle > SRTM
Terra > MODIS