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A Slice of Cirrus

A vertical profile of wispy, icy clouds reveals their complex structure.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using data provided by John Yorks and Matthew McGill of the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) team. Caption by Kathryn Hansen.

Published July 15, 2015
Data acquired April 2, 2015

Source:
ISS > CATS