Clouds can be a nuisance when scientists are trying to observe features on Earth's surface. But at other times, clouds are exactly what they want to see. These images highlight some of the …

Feb 11, 2002 · Using a collection of satellite-based observations, scientists and visualizers stitched together months of observations of the land surface, oceans, sea ice, and clouds into …

Noctilucent clouds (NLCs), or night shining clouds, [1] are tenuous cloud-like phenomena in the upper atmosphere of Earth. When viewed from space, they are called polar mesospheric …

May 4, 2017 · At any given time, nearly 70 percent of Earth’s surface is covered by clouds. The satellite images in this video gallery highlight some of the more unusual and beautiful clouds …

4 days ago · Clouds can be a nuisance for scientists trying to use satellites to observe features on the surface—such as volcanic eruptions, floods, or phytoplankton blooms. But for some …

May 12, 2010 · Satellites can take in thousands of miles of the Earth’s surface in one shot, revealing complicated and intriguing cloud patterns we could never see from below. We’ve …

Jun 5, 2024 · Noctilucent clouds are rare high-altitude clouds visible only under certain conditions. They form during the summer months and appear after sunset as delicate, wispy blue or silver …

Aug 19, 2023 · The polar mesospheric clouds in this image were observed by the space station’s crew while in orbit over the Mediterranean Sea at approximately 40 degrees north latitude. …

Dec 16, 2017 · Earth clouds are made of water and ice, but those mundane ingredients come together into structures of great beauty in NASA's most stunning cloud pictures. Cloud …

Jan 17, 2017 · Amazing NASA Earth Observatory images of clouds seen from space. Wave clouds, pyrocumulonimbus clouds, marine stratocumulus clouds and clouds filling mountai...