Marvelous Lenticularis

Rugged terrain on New Zealand’s South Island gives rise to a distinctive lenticular cloud formation, known locally as the Taieri Pet.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Marvelous Lenticularis.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Lindsey Doermann.

Published September 13, 2024
Data acquired September 7, 2024