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Inside the Bering Sea Superstorm

A slice through the storm clouds depicts areas of intense snowfall.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using CloudSat FirstLook data provided courtesy of the CloudSat team at Colorado State University, and VIIRS data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Suomi NPP is the result of a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Department of Defense. Caption by Kathryn Hansen with image interpretation by Derek Posselt.

Published November 19, 2014
Data acquired November 8, 2014

Sources:
CloudSat > CPR
Suomi NPP > VIIRS