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Chasing Faces in the Stratosphere

A pair of NASA scientists have an unconventional hobby—searching through atmospheric data to find the rare moment when faces swirl up in their data.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using MERRA-2 data courtesy of Lawrence Coy/GSFC and the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office at NASA GSFC. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published October 31, 2022
Data acquired January 25, 1982

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