Tag: Clouds
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Fire Cloud With a Pileus on Top
Scientists captured rare observations of an ephemeral pileus cloud hovering over a smoke-infused cloud that rose above a wildfire in Montana.
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Cloudy Cloak Over the Northwest
A low-lying cloud layer brought autumn ambience to western Washington and Oregon, while mountainous areas near the coast remained above the pall.
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A Bright Spot at Mount Michael
With austral winter nearing its end, clouds cleared for a satellite view of volcanic activity in the remote South Atlantic.
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A Trio of Tropical Cyclones in the Pacific
The Pacific was buzzing with storms while the Atlantic was notably quiet.
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Chasing Fire Clouds in Utah
NASA aircraft are sampling smoke lofted high into the atmosphere by one of the most formidable cloud types in the sky—towering, smoke-infused pyrocumulonimbus.
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New NASA Earth Missions Gear Up to Start Science Flights
The first of six new airborne campaigns will hit the skies this summer.
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Australia’s Cloudy Beauty
Valley fog gathered in the Victorian Alps while an arch-shaped cloud drifted across Port Phillip Bay.
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A Sea of Spinning Clouds
Icy, isolated Peter I Island stirred up a show in the atmosphere off the West Antarctic coast.
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Winter’s End Is Written in the Clouds
As winter turned to spring, the skies over the Gulf of Alaska displayed textbook examples of numerous cloud formations.
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New NASA Views of Earth, From (S)PACE
NASA has a fleet of satellites in orbit, gathering data around the clock, to explore unique views of our home planet’s ocean, atmosphere, and land surfaces.