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Clouds Can Reveal Shape of Continents

Even without a map overlay, global cloud patterns can reveal the shape and location of many of Earth’s continents. This global map of cloud fraction in October 2009 demonstrates the pattern.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Kevin Ward, based on data provided by the NASA Earth Observations (NEO) Project. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.

Published November 17, 2009
Data acquired October 1 - 31, 2009

Source:
Terra > MODIS