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Sunglint on the Arabian Sea

It might look like something mysterious is happening in the waters off of Oman, but this dark, sinuous shape has a completely natural explanation.


NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published April 30, 2017
Data acquired April 11, 2017

Source:
Terra > MODIS
Collection:
MODIS Rapid Response