Sometimes the atmosphere churns up peculiar-looking cloud formations that are as notable for aesthetic reasons as they are for scientific ones.
Published May 29, 2018
Water droplets scatter light in a rainbow-like effect visible from space.
Published Jan 1, 2014
The Terra satellite captured a rainbow-like optical phenomenon called a glory over the Pacific Ocean. Water droplets within clouds scatter light to produce the effect.
Published Jun 27, 2012
Using a collection of satellite images and data, scientists and visualizers stitched together months of observations of Earth’s land surface, oceans, sea ice, and clouds into a seamless, true-color mosaic.
Published Feb 11, 2002
It takes infrared imaging to distinguish snow from clouds over the Pacific Northwest.
Published Dec 13, 2015
Data collected by a sensor on the Aqua satellite reveals the global distribution of clouds.
Published May 8, 2015
