Cool air moving across Arctic sea ice gives rise to long parallel bands of cumulus clouds over the Norwegian Sea.
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Cloud streets form thousands of feet above the Earth’s surface.
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Parallel rows of clouds can stretch for hundreds of kilometers over the open ocean.
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Cold air blows over warmer water to produce thin, parallel lines of clouds.
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An uncommon display of cloud streets formed off of the northern coast of Australia.
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The Aqua satellite captured this image of cloud streets over the Black Sea in January 2015.
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Cold air moving over relatively warm ocean water produced a pattern of clouds that lined up in organized rows.
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Cold air blowing between warmer water and warm upper-level air masses can produce long lines of cumulus clouds.
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Cold winds blowing over the sea helped form rows of cumulus clouds.
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In the midst of a sharp cold snap, the Terra satellite captured this image of cloud streets over the Atlantic Ocean.
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The MODIS instrument on NASA’s Terra satellite collected this natural-color view of cloud streets over the ocean off of New England and the Canadian Maritimes on January 24, 2011.
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Long bands of cumulus clouds lined up over the Great Lakes in this spectacular display of “cloud streets.”
The Sea of Okhotsk is a winter ice factory and a year-round cloud factory.
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