Cloud Building Over Hainan

The clouds that frequently produce severe weather—cumulonimbus—are seen building up during the afternoon over the South China Sea.

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NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview and Natural-color animation based on Himawari imagery, courtesy of the Japan Meteorological Agency. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published May 28, 2020
Data acquired May 11, 2020

Sources:

Aqua > MODIS

Himawari-8