This photo-like image paints a picture of the movement of air and weather over the Ural Mountains in southern Russia, with the western mountains covered with snow and the eastern plain dry. The image also illustrates the influence of the mountains on cloud formations.
Published Nov 21, 2008
Seasonal snowpack in the Sierra Nevada depends on whether a winter is wet or dry, and 2015 shaped up to be exceptionally dry.
Published Oct 21, 2015
Haze rolls off the Eastern seaboard over the Atlantic Ocean, while clouds pile up along the ridgelines of the Appalachian Mountains in this photo-like image from August 4, 2009.
Published Aug 5, 2009
This animation shows powerful thunderstorms moving over the southern United States on April 27, 2011.
Published Apr 29, 2011
When undular bores ripple through the atmosphere, they leave remarkable patterns in the clouds.
Published Oct 9, 2020
Dry air surging off the western coast of Africa ran into a wall of moist air over the Atlantic, creating a distinctive line in a marine cloud layer.
Published Feb 28, 2013
Moisture and solar heating lead to interesting patterns in one of the cloudiest places on Earth.
Published Mar 3, 2019
Events on Earth’s surface can affect the development and shape of clouds in the sky.
Published Jan 3, 2017Image of the Day Heat Land Water Snow and Ice Remote Sensing
Thanks to a series of drought-busting storms, the mountain range has unusually thick and extensive snow cover this year.
Published Jun 15, 2017
A blanket of white comes and goes from the mountains and deserts of the American West.
Published Apr 16, 2018
Researchers fly to the heart of a thunderstorm to find out what happens when a storm lofts surface pollutants high into the atmosphere.
Published May 26, 2012
A uniform layer of tiny “popcorn” clouds covers the Amazon Rainforest in this image from August 19, 2009. The clouds are a byproduct of photosynthesis.
Published Aug 26, 2009
