Satellite View Of Clouds
by Stocktrek Images
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Satellite View Of Clouds
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Stocktrek Images
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Photograph - Photograph
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January 24, 2011 - Satellite view of clouds across the skies of the North Atlantic. Lines of clouds stretch from northwest to southeast over the North Atlantic, while the relatively cloudless skies over land afford a peek at the snow that blanketed the Northeast just a few days earlier. Cloud streets form when cold air blows over warmer waters, while a warmer air layer, or temperature inversion, rests over top of both. The comparatively warm water of the ocean gives up heat and moisture to the cold air mass above, and columns of heated air naturally rise through the atmosphere. As they hit the temperature inversion like a lid, the air rolls over like the circulation in a pot of boiling water. The water in the warm air cools and condenses into flat-bottomed, fluffy-topped cumulus clouds that line up parallel to the wind.
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December 9th, 2011
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