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Stately Mount Siple

A striking plume trailing from the topographic prominence in West Antarctica is likely an orographic cloud.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership, Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica (REMA) data from the Polar Geospatial Center at the University of Minnesota, and Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published June 27, 2024
Data acquired June 9, 2024

Sources:
Landsat 9 > OLI-2
Model
Suomi NPP > VIIRS