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Derecho Strikes the Eastern United States

Taken June 29, 2012, this photograph shows a shelf cloud on the leading edge of a violent storm system that blew across the eastern United States.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Derecho Strikes the Eastern United States.

Photo courtesy Kevin Gould / NOAA. Caption by Michon Scott.

Published July 3, 2012
Data acquired June 29, 2012

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