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Noctilucent Clouds
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Noctilucent Clouds

Published Jan 5, 2008

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Clouds over the Southern Indian Ocean
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Clouds over the Southern Indian Ocean

Marine stratocumulus clouds and an atmospheric eddy could be seen over the southern Indian Ocean in early March 2013.

Published Mar 19, 2013

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Wave Clouds Near Amsterdam Island
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Wave Clouds Near Amsterdam Island

The island itself is almost too small see in this image, but it serves as the starting point for the clouds that flow toward the northeast in a giant V shape. Amsterdam Island is a volcanic summit, the northernmost volcano on the Antarctic tectonic plate.

Published Dec 30, 2005

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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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Noctilucent Clouds
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Noctilucent Clouds

An astronaut on the ISS caught a glimpse of a sliver of the setting Moon and some clouds that shine at night.

Published Aug 10, 2003

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Open- and Closed-Cells over the Pacific
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Open- and Closed-Cells over the Pacific

Whether a patch of clouds contains open or closed cells offers a clue about whether rain is falling below.

Published Feb 6, 2016

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Portholes Through the Clouds
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Portholes Through the Clouds

Patches of open-celled clouds off the west coast of Peru offer beautiful glimpses of the sea—and pointers to where rain may have fallen.

Published Aug 7, 2018

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Clouds Light the Night
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Clouds Light the Night

As spring turns to summer in the northern hemisphere, unusual streaks of clouds form high in the atmosphere around sunset.

Published Jun 27, 2019

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Glow-in-the-Dark Clouds
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Glow-in-the-Dark Clouds

Noctilucent clouds float high enough in the atmosphere to capture a little bit of stray sunlight even after the Sun has set below them.

Published Dec 2, 2016

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Clouds over the Indian Ocean
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Clouds over the Indian Ocean

Three layers of clouds over the Indian Ocean are whipped into holiday shapes in November 2011.

Published Dec 13, 2011

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Cloud Shadow
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Cloud Shadow

A overlying deck of stratus clouds over northeastern Germany cast this distinctive shadow on another layer of clouds below.

Published Dec 29, 2012

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