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Hole Punch Clouds in Acadiana

These “hole punch” clouds were just as apparent from above as they were from below. This MODIS image shows a number of round holes in a blanket of cloud cover over Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. A few of the “holes” are elongated, with what appear to be smaller clouds inside them.


NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center. Photograph © 2007 yesitspuzzling. Thanks to J. Marshall Shepherd, University of Georgia, for image interpretation.

Published January 31, 2007
Data acquired January 29, 2007

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Terra > MODIS