Subdeacon Joe Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Pretty cool photo. It embiggens when you click on it. http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/80000/80930/california_tmo_2013104_lrg.jpg On April 14, 2013, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terrasatellite observed a striking cloud formation off the California coast.A cloudbank hugged the coastlines of California and Baja California,spanning hundreds of kilometers north to south and east to west. Withinthe cloudbank was an arc of mostly clear sky. Curving toward thesouthwest, the arc extended more than 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) overthe Pacific Ocean. Bob Cahalan of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center explains that the cloudbank consisted of stratocumulus clouds,and the arc was probably a wake caused by an obstacle to air flow,perhaps San Clemente Island. Islands that are tall enough can easilyinterrupt air flow over the ocean, and when clouds are present, theymake such disruptions visible in photo-like imagery. Wakes from the Juan Fernandez Islands off Chile provide another example of this phenomenon. NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Michon Scott with information from Bob Cahalan, Goddard Space Flight Center. Instrument: Terra - MODIS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Taking up cloud watching, are we, Joe? I'm in. Great thing, those clouds. I like the big white puffy ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uno Mas SASS #80082 Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Sorry. My bad. Too many bean burritos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted April 21, 2013 Author Share Posted April 21, 2013 Sorry. My bad. Too many bean burritos. DAMMIT!!!! Gotta clean the monitor and keyboard now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Kris Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Sorry. My bad. Too many bean burritos. They were talking about cumulus clouds, not noxious ones, dear........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 I remember laying in the grass looking up at the clouds and seeing the faces and images they made up. I still do that! I shoulda been a professional cloud watcher for NASA!! Rye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Uno is a professional cloud MAKER for NASA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache Hawk 60642 Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 No get thingy to worky ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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