Cloud Streets Over the Laptev Sea

The striking cloud formation developed over Arctic waters north of Siberia in July 2025 as frigid air met warmer open water.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Cloud Streets Over the Laptev Sea.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Michala Garrison, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Story by Kathryn Hansen

Published July 18, 2025
Data acquired July 10, 2025