A Cut in the Clouds

Like a ship carving its way through the sea, the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands parted the clouds. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this natural-color image on February 2, 2017. The ripples in the clouds are known as gravity waves.

• References and Related Reading

• NASA Earth Observatory (2016, November 6) Cloud Wakes on the Lee Side of St. Helena Island.

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NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Caption by Pola Lem.

Published February 3, 2017
Data acquired February 2, 2017

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Collection:

MODIS Rapid Response