An Eye-Catching Circle of Cloud

Sometimes the atmosphere churns up peculiar-looking cloud formations that are as notable for aesthetic reasons as they are for scientific ones.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story An Eye-Catching Circle of Cloud.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using MODIS data from LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published May 29, 2018
Data acquired May 22, 2018