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The Undulations of Wave Clouds
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Published October 9, 2020
When undular bores ripple through the atmosphere, they leave remarkable patterns in the clouds.
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A Lush Laptev Palette
Published October 13, 2020
A colorful mixture of dissolved organic matter and sediments help trace the sea’s otherwise invisible currents and eddies.
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Sharks, Seagrass, and Stromatolites
Published October 10, 2020
Australia’s Shark Bay contains the largest beds of seagrasses in the world, as well as some of the oldest lifeforms on Earth.
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Hurricane Delta Aims for the U.S. Gulf Coast
Published October 8, 2020
After making landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula, the category 2 storm was strengthening over warm waters.
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Delta Douses Yucatan
Published October 7, 2020
The category 2 storm made landfall in the Yucatan Peninsula and is expected to strengthen as it approaches the U.S. Gulf Coast.
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Thunderstorms Rumble over the Great Plains
A nocturnal low-level jet stream brings large thunderstorms across the U.S. Midwest each summer.
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Airglow Over the Indian Ocean
The diffuse orange and green bands of light are caused by molecules in the atmosphere that have been energized by absorbing ultraviolet radiation from the Sun.
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The Specter of a Mega-Tsunami in Alaska
Published October 5, 2020
Landsat images helped convince researchers that a slumping mountainside overlooking Barry Arm fjord could pose a tsunami hazard.
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California’s Nightmare Fire Season Continues
Published October 2, 2020
Another stretch of intense heat has reinvigorated the state’s brutal 2020 fire season.
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Coloring the Great Salt Lake
Published October 4, 2020
Colorful, mineral-rich salt flats are nestled between the Promontory Mountains and the Great Salt Lake.
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Sandy Plains in the Arctic
Unlike the vegetated tundra of its neighboring islands, Bunge Land is a barren sandy plain that also serves as a land bridge.
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Spalte Splits
Published October 1, 2020
In summer 2020, a huge piece of ice split off from the Arctic’s largest remaining ice shelf.
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