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Chains of swirling clouds stream behind islands in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens and Jesse Allen, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and VIIRS data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published August 13, 2017
Data acquired June 25, 2017

Sources:
Landsat 8 > OLI
Suomi NPP > VIIRS