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Clouds Do the Darndest Things

A high-pressure region combined with a passing frontal system off the South African coast to create an eye-catching gap in the clouds.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Clouds Do the Darndest Things.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview, and GEOS-5 data from the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office at NASA GSFC. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published April 9, 2022
Data acquired April 3, 2022