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Cloud Streets Over the Timor Sea
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Cloud Streets Over the Timor Sea

An uncommon display of cloud streets formed off of the northern coast of Australia.

Published Jul 24, 2016

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Traffic-free and Sky-high
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Traffic-free and Sky-high

Cloud streets form thousands of feet above the Earth’s surface.

Published Mar 12, 2017

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Cloud Streets Near Antarctica
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Cloud Streets Near Antarctica

Cold air blows over warmer water to produce thin, parallel lines of clouds.

Published Oct 8, 2018

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Cloud Streets Over the Yellow Sea
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Cloud Streets Over the Yellow Sea

Cold and dry air from Siberia typically produce this cloud formation over the sea from November through January.

Published Jan 7, 2018

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Cloud Streets over the Atlantic
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Cloud Streets over the Atlantic

Cold air moving over relatively warm ocean water produced a pattern of clouds that lined up in organized rows.

Published Nov 14, 2019

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Cloud Streets over the Black Sea
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Cloud Streets over the Black Sea

The Aqua satellite captured this image of cloud streets over the Black Sea in January 2015.

Published Jan 9, 2015

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Cloud Streets over the Hudson Bay
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Cloud Streets over the Hudson Bay

Cold air blowing between warmer water and warm upper-level air masses can produce long lines of cumulus clouds.

Published Nov 20, 2012

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Cloud Streets over the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
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Cloud Streets over the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

In the midst of a sharp cold snap, the Terra satellite captured this image of cloud streets over the Atlantic Ocean.

Published Jan 11, 2014

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Cloud Streets over the Bering Sea
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Cloud Streets over the Bering Sea

Parallel rows of clouds can stretch for hundreds of kilometers over the open ocean.

Published Jul 27, 2013

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Cloud Streets Trace Cold Coastal Winds
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Cloud Streets Trace Cold Coastal Winds

Valentine’s Day didn't warm a lot of hearts in the eastern United States.

Published Feb 16, 2016

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Cloud Streets Over the Labrador Sea
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Cloud Streets Over the Labrador Sea

Cold winds blowing over the sea helped form rows of cumulus clouds.

Published Mar 4, 2020

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Cloud Streets Over the Great Lakes
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Cloud Streets Over the Great Lakes

Long bands of cumulus clouds lined up over the Great Lakes in this spectacular display of “cloud streets.”

Published Feb 12, 2016

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Winter Cloud Streets, North Atlantic
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Winter Cloud Streets, North Atlantic

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.

Published Feb 15, 2011

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Cloud Streets Across Caspian Sea
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Cloud Streets Across Caspian Sea

South of the loosely packed ice in the northern part of the sea, parallel rows of clouds line up along the north-south axis of the wind. These “streets” of clouds form when cold air blows over the warmer, moister air that sits over the water.

Published Jan 15, 2008

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Cloud Streets and Ice in the Barents Sea
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Cloud Streets and Ice in the Barents Sea

Cool air blowing southward across the sea ice and over the comparatively warmer open water produced long, parallel bands of cumulus clouds.

Published Mar 30, 2018

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Cloud Streets over the Bering Sea
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Cloud Streets over the Bering Sea

Most of us prefer our winter roads free of ice, but some cloud formations depend on it.

Published Jan 12, 2012

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A Cloud and Ice Factory
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A Cloud and Ice Factory

The Sea of Okhotsk is a winter ice factory and a year-round cloud factory.

Published Jan 3, 2018

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Raised by Fire, Felled by Ice
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Raised by Fire, Felled by Ice

Events on Earth’s surface can affect the development and shape of clouds in the sky.

Published Jan 3, 2017

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Unusual Wave Clouds over the Aral Sea
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Unusual Wave Clouds over the Aral Sea

Distinctive lines of clouds that mirror the shape of the shore hang over the Aral Sea in this photo-like image.

Published Mar 25, 2009

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