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Sunglint and Clouds off Western South America
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Sunglint and Clouds off Western South America

The setting sun highlights cloud patterns—as well as the Pacific Ocean surface itself—in this photograph taken by an astronaut on the International Space Station.

Published May 28, 2012

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Cloudy Earth
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Cloudy Earth

Data collected by a sensor on the Aqua satellite reveals the global distribution of clouds.

Published May 8, 2015

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O, What a Cloud
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O, What a Cloud

An open-celled cloud over the Pacific Ocean had a shape reminiscent of a certain circular letter of the alphabet.

Published Sep 27, 2014

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Cloud Rosettes in the Sky
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Cloud Rosettes in the Sky

Actinoform clouds pop up off the western coast of Australia.

Published Feb 7, 2020

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Open- and Closed-Cell Clouds over the Pacific Ocean
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Open- and Closed-Cell Clouds over the Pacific Ocean

Acquired April 17, 2010, this natural-color image shows a network of open- and closed-cell clouds over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Peru.

Published Apr 28, 2010

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Cloud Towers
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Cloud Towers

Impressive thunderclouds run along the spine of the Indonesian island of Flores, a result of ocean breezes and steep mountains.

Published Dec 11, 2013

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Fair-Weather Clouds, Sri Lanka
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Fair-Weather Clouds, Sri Lanka

Sea breezes and differential heating fill the afternoon sky with puffs of white clouds.

Published Aug 11, 2013

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South Pacific Swirl
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South Pacific Swirl

Low Sun angles enhance certain wavelengths of light, painting the atmosphere over a distant patch of ocean.

Published Sep 12, 2019

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A Rope Ahead of a Cold Front
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A Rope Ahead of a Cold Front

Downdrafts from thunderstorms sometimes fuel thin bands of cumulus clouds that race ahead of cold fronts.

Published Feb 13, 2016

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Clouds Can Reveal Shape of Continents
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Clouds Can Reveal Shape of Continents

Even without a map overlay, global cloud patterns can reveal the shape and location of many of Earth’s continents. This global map of cloud fraction in October 2009 demonstrates the pattern.

Published Nov 17, 2009

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