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Cloud Towers

Impressive thunderclouds run along the spine of the Indonesian island of Flores, a result of ocean breezes and steep mountains.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Cloud Towers.

NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published December 11, 2013
Data acquired December 2, 2013

Source:: Aqua > MODIS

Collection:: MODIS Rapid Response